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35 Cards in this Set
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Weft Knits
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Yarn Traverses from side to side (left-right), Interlacing w/ the needles to form new fabric stitches
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Warp Knits
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Yarns traverse lengthwise (up-down), interlacing w/ the needles to form new fabric stitches
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Wales & Courses
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Ridges in the knit
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Knit Stitch
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the basic knitting stitch; also called the plain stitch.
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Purl Stitch
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The reverse side of a regular knit stitch. also the back of a jersey knit.
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Missed Stitch
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When no stitch is formed, by deactivating one or more needles, and don't move into position to accept the yarn, and the yarn merely passes by
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Tuck Stitch
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Formed when knitting needle holds its old loop and then receives a new yarn. Two loops then connect in the needle hook
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Full-Fashioned Knits
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A method of shaping a knitted fabric during the knitting process. Full fashioning is popular sweater manufacture.
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Intarsia
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When a structure or picture is knitted into the fabric.
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Dry-laid
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When non-woven fabrics are made while being dry
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Wet-laid
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the material structure is formed by having the fibers manipulated while in a wet state.
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Spun-laid
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The material structure is formed by blowing thermoplastic fibers onto a collection surface as the fibers are being extruded.
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Carded-Web Non-wovens
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used in disposable items
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Melt-Blown non-wovens
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End uses include insulation or outdoor garments & boots.
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Fusible non-wovens
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made from thermoplastic fibers or are thermoplastic films
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Dyeing
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Dyestuffs, water, mordants
Dyestuffs are highly complex organic substances that combine both chemically & physically w/ an equally complex textile fiber molecule. |
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Pigments
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Microscopic insoluble colored particles made to adhere to fabric.
Sits on top of fabric. |
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Solution Dyed
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on Man-made fibers only.
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Stock-dyeing
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Refers to the dyeing of fibers, or stock, before it is spun into yarn.
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Top Dyeing
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also dyeing of fiber before it's spun into yarn.
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Yarn Dyeing
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Dyeing the yarns before they are spun.
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Cross-dyeing
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when a yarn fabric or garment made w/ 2 or more generic fiber types having different dye affinities is dyed in a single bath containing 2 different classes of dyes.
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Union-dyeing
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Same as cross-dyeing except that one solid color is produced
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Tone-on-Tone
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they are light & dark shades of the same color on a fabric containing only one generic fiber
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Colorfastness
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dyed/printed textile to resist color loss/fading can't be removed in any of the following ways
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Color crocking
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Color comes off dry
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Color bleeding
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color comes off wet
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Direct prints
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where the design is printed onto a white cloth (un-dyed) or over a previously dyed fabric. Includes yarn dye.
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Over Prints
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Printed on dyed fabric.
When the background color is the same shade on the face & back & the print design is substantially darker than the background |
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Discharge Prints
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When fabric is piece-dyed a solid color, then the fabric design is printed onto the fabric.
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Resist Prints
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Batik-when is design in made w/ wax & then dye the fabric using selective dyes that don't require heat.
Tie-dye |
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Pigment prints
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printing a pattern design on a white fabric w/ a chemical or wax-like substance
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Blotch Prints
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where the background color has been created by printing rather than piece dyeing.
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Flock Prints
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when tiny particles of fiber are made to adhere to a fabric surface in conformance to a particular design,
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Warp Prints
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Printing on warp yarns of a fabric before they are placed on the loom for weaving.
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