ApparelX Wiki Fabric Glossary

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Back BrushedBrushed back fleece
Back brushed is the term used for a textile or finishing process in w…
Broadcloth
Broadcloth is a lightweight to medium-lightweight woven fabric made b…

Canvas
Canvas is a thick plain-woven fabric made by densely weaving relative…
Cashmere
Cashmere is an animal fiber made from the fine, soft wool of cashmere…
Chambray
Chambray is a woven fabric made mainly with differently colored warp …
Chiffon
Chiffon is a woven fabric made with tightly twisted threads and woven…
Chino Cloth
Chino cloth is a woven fabric made mainly from cotton thread in a twi…
Circular Interlock KnittingInterlock
Circular interlock knitting is a representative weft-knit double-knit…
Circular RibRib knit
Circular rib is a type of weft knit that alternates knit and purl sti…
Corduroy
Corduroy is a woven fabric made by weaving pile yarns into the ground…
Cotton
Cotton is a natural fiber made from the fibers that grow around the s…
Cupro
Cupro is a type of regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linte…

Denim
Denim is a thick twill fabric generally woven with dyed warp threads …
Dobby
Dobby is a fabric, or a weaving method, that uses a dobby mechanism t…
Double Weave
Double weave is a fabric made by partially joining the two layers of …

Flannel
Flannel is a textile made by applying a fuzzy finish to woven fabric …
FleeceFrench terry
Fleece is a knit fabric with a neatly knitted jersey-like surface on …
Fleece
Fleece is a mainly polyester fabric that is fuzzy on the surface of k…

Gabardine
Gabardine is a high-density twill fabric with fine diagonal twill lin…
Gauze
Gauze is a woven fabric characterized by a light, soft hand, made by …
Georgette
Georgette is a lightweight woven fabric made with strongly twisted th…
Gingham
Gingham is generally a plain woven fabric, or the check pattern itsel…
Glen Check
Glen check is a traditional check pattern often seen in yarn-dyed wov…

Herringbone
Herringbone is a woven structure or pattern in which the diagonal rib…
Houndstooth
Houndstooth is a classic type of check pattern, usually created mainl…

Lace
Lace is a general term for highly decorative fabrics that use thread …
Lawn
Lawn is a lightweight plain weave textile made with fine thread at a …
Linen
Linen is a natural fiber made from bast fibers harvested from the ste…
LoomstateSheeting
Loomstate is a relatively coarse plain weave fabric made mainly from …

Melton
Melton is a textile made by fulling a thick woven fabric, mainly usin…
Mohair
Mohair is an animal fiber made from Angora goat wool, and it has lust…
Moss StitchPique knit
Moss stitch refers to a knitted fabric with a continuous surface of s…

OrganzaOrgandy
Organza is a thin woven fabric made in plain weave with fine threads,…
Oxford
Oxford is a woven fabric made with a basket-weave-like structure, wov…

PilePile fabric
Pile is a general term for textiles in which threads are formed into …
Pique
Pique is a woven fabric with a three-dimensional feel and moderate th…
Plain Weave
Plain weave is the most basic weave structure, made by alternately pa…
Polyester
Polyester is a type of synthetic fiber made mainly from petroleum-der…
Ponte
Ponte is a type of double knit with a smooth front and back and incon…
Poplin
Poplin is a plain-weave fabric that often uses fine warp threads and …

Satin
Satin refers to a woven fabric, or more broadly the fabric itself, ba…
Satin Weave
Satin weave is one of the three basic weave structures, created by fl…
Seersucker
Seersucker is a woven fabric in which flat sections and puckered sect…
Silk
Silk is a natural animal fiber obtained from silkworm cocoons, charac…

Taffeta
Taffeta is a woven fabric that is densely plain woven with fine threa…
Tricot
Tricot is a representative warp-knit fabric made by knitting multiple…
Tweed
Tweed is a general term for woven fabrics made mainly with spun wool …
Twill
Twill is a woven structure in which the intersections of the warp and…
Twill Weave
Twill weave is one of the three basic weaves, in which warp and weft …

Waffle Knit
Waffle knit is a knit textile with a raised lattice pattern created b…
Wool
Wool is an animal fiber made primarily from sheep's wool, with excell…

Yarn Count
Yarn count is a general term for units and notation methods used to i…