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Acrylic
Acrylic is a synthetic fiber made mainly from acrylonitrile, and is a…
Antibacterial DeodorizingAntibacterial deodorant
Antibacterial deodorizing is a function or finishing that suppresses …

Back BrushedBrushed back fleece
Back brushed is the term used for a textile or finishing process in w…
Bias
Bias refers to the direction cut and laid out diagonally to the warp …
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…
Carded Yarn
Carded yarn is a spun yarn that is made by loosening short fibers in …
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…
Combed ThreadCombed yarn
Combed thread is a thread spun by removing short cotton fibers and im…
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…

Denier
Denier is a unit mainly used for chemical fiber filament thread and t…
Denim
Denim is a thick twill fabric generally woven with dyed warp threads …
DensityFabric density
Density is an indicator of the number of warp and weft threads, or st…
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 …

Fabric Width
Fabric width is a specification that indicates the width of a textile…
Filament Thread And Spun ThreadFilament and spun yarn
Filament thread and spun thread are collective terms for thread made …
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…
GrainlineGrain
Grain refers to the fixed direction of the threads or knit structure …

Herringbone
Herringbone is a woven structure or pattern in which the diagonal rib…
High-twist YarnHard twist yarn
High-twist yarn is a thread made by applying more twist than usual to…
Houndstooth
Houndstooth is a classic type of check pattern, usually created mainl…

Industry WeightFabric weight
Industry weight is a value that indicates the weight per unit area of…

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 …
Lyocell
Lyocell is a type of regenerated cellulose fiber made mainly from woo…

Melton
Melton is a textile made by fulling a thick woven fabric, mainly usin…
Mercerization
Mercerization is a process that primarily treats cotton with an alkal…
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…

Organic Cotton
Organic cotton refers to cotton grown using methods that minimize the…
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…

Piece Dyed
Piece dyed is a method of dyeing woven or knitted textile after it ha…
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…
Polyurethane
Polyurethane is a synthetic fiber with elasticity that stretches and …
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 …
Print
Printing is a process of expressing patterns, motifs, and text on the…

Rayon
Rayon is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from materials such as wo…
Recycled Polyester
Recycled polyester is a polyester fiber made by reusing used products…
Ripstop
Ripstop is a woven fabric, or weaving method, in which thick reinforc…
RollBolt (tan)
A roll is a distribution and trading unit for textile with a fixed wi…

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…
Selvage
Selvage is the part formed at both edges when weaving fabric, which h…
Shrink-proofingSanforizing
Shrink-proofing is a process that stabilizes shrinkage in advance to …
Silk
Silk is a natural animal fiber obtained from silkworm cocoons, charac…
Single Yarn And Two-ply YarnSingle and plied yarn
Single yarn and two-ply yarn are thread structures that affect the ap…
Slubbed ThreadSlub yarn
Slubbed thread is a thread with intentional uneven thick-and-thin var…

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…
Warp And Weft
Warp and weft are the two directions of thread that make up a woven f…
Water-repellent FinishWater repellent finish
Water-repellent finishing is a treatment that makes the surface of th…
Waterproof And BreathableWaterproof breathable
Waterproof and breathable refers to a material or processing that has…
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…
Yarn Dyed
Yarn dyed is a dyeing method in which thread is dyed at the thread st…