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Velvet
A pile fabric with a clipped nap. Before clipping, the nap is a loop as found in frieze or boucle. Velvet was introduced during the Renaissance in Italy and Spain and later moved to France. Designs...
Tissue
Tissue is a fine woven fabric or...
Novelty Yarn
A yarn that is intentionally produced to have a special or unique effect. These effects can be produced by twisting together uneven single yarns, by using yarns that contain irregularities, or by...
Poor boy
An inexpensive rib knit usually 2x3 or 3x1 in a fine to medium....