Category : Glossary

Term used to indicate lengths of fiber that require spinning and twisting in the manufacturing of yarn. Source: Tellason Denim Terminology...

A textile term referring to a thick or heavy place in the yarn. Old technology spinning frames produced yarn with unevenness. Modern yarn spinning technology...

A loose, soft, untwisted strand or rope of fibres. The carding machine is the first of the machines to deliver cotton stock in the form...

Refers to natural torque in regular twill fabrics caused by the geometry of the weave such that the fabric shrinks more perpendicular to the twill...

A process which uses a gas flame to burn off the ‘fluff’ or tiny hairs you can seen on the surface of some denim. It’s...

A device that carries the weft yarn back and forth across the loom. The shuttle carries a small bobbin of weft yarn that interlaces with...

The opening formed by the raised and lowered warp yarns on a loom. The weft yarn is carrled through the shed. Alternating the shed completes...

See ‘Selvage Denim’....