Tuesday, 23 October 2007

What is Textile??




What is a Textile…………………………………?

origin:17c: from Latin: textiles, from texere, texturn to weave.
Dictionary meaning
1. Any cloth or fabric made by weaving or knitting, crocheting,
knotting, or pressing fibers together.

2 a flexible material comprised of a network of natural
or artificial fibers often referred to as thread or yarn.
-From Wikipedia & longman dictionary



Whether or not understanding textiles is ………………
required for personal or for professional purposes,
the key to informed decision making is knowledge
about fibers, yarns, fabrics, and finishes and the way
in which these are interrelated.

Purposes of textiles…………………………………..…………?

A number of Interior products, clothing, furniture, surgery, conveyor belts, foods filter papers….etc.
-> there is truly no aspect of modern life that is untouched by some area of textiles.

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