Deep pinning is a technique used in textile manufacturing that involves inserting pins into fabric at a depth that is greater than the standard seam allowance. This technique is used to create a...
lightweight fabric, made of cotton or manufactured fiber, having crinkled stripes made by weaving some of the warp threads slack and others tight. Woven seersucker is more expensive than imitations...
Measure of the amount of water in wood. Measured as a percent of dry weight of the wood. For example, if a piece of wood weighs 10 pounds when oven dried and 12 pounds before drying, the piece is...
Scottish tartan fabric woven with a blue and black ground and green and white over-check. Medium weight, usually not heavy enough for outerwear. Originally all-wool, but now may contain a proportion...
Denier per filament (DPF) is a term used in the textile industry to measure the fineness or thickness of individual filaments within a fiber bundle. It refers to the weight in grams of 9,000 meters...