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Types of Fabric Weaves

Broadcloth
Broadcloth

Broadcloth is a very popular type of dress shirt fabric. Broadcloth and Poplin are essentially the same type of fabric. Broadcloth is a very lightweight, smooth, flat looking fabric, with no pattern in the weave of the threads. It is similar in quality to pinpoint fabric, but has less texture.

Canvas
Canvas

Modern canvas is usually made of cotton or linen, although historically it was made from hemp. It differs from other heavy cotton fabrics, such as denim, in being plain weave rather than twill weave. Canvas comes in two basic types: plain and duck. The threads in duck canvas are more tightly woven.

Chenille
Chenille

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Denim
Denim

Denim weight is a fairly known commodity; the higher the ounce weight in denim, the heavier and more durable the fabric. It may not be as commonly known that the weave is what helps determine the weight in ounces. 3×1, 2×1, and 1×1 or plain weave are the terms to know, so let’s go through them below.

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Dobby
Dobby

Dobby dress shirts As mentioned, dobby fabric can use a variety of fine fibres to weave with and result in fine materials. When used in dress shirts, the result is a fabric that has a slightly raised weave rather than the smooth finish of some weaves.

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Down for Down-Filled Parkas
Down for Down-Filled Parkas

Preventing Leakage in Down Filled Jackets This is a guide to aid with the manufacturing process of down jackets and advise on how to prevent down and feather leakage.

Herringbone
Herringbone

The herringbone pattern can be woven into all fabrics or fibre combinations using a twill weave, though wool is the fabric that is most commonly used. The herringbone pattern is made by cutting and reversing alternate vertical sections of a broken twill weave.

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Leather
Leather

A lightweight, plain weave, fabric, made from cotton, rayon, or acetate, and characterized by a puckered striped effect, usually in the warp direction. The crinkled effect is created through the application of a caustic soda solution, which shrinks the fabric in the areas of the fabric where it is applied.

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Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a type of woven dress shirt fabric, employed to make a particular casual-to-formal cloth in dress shirts that may be called Oxford shirts. Structure Oxford cloth has a basketweave structure and a lustrous aspect making it a popular fabric for a dress shirt.

Plain/Linen
Plain/Linen

Butcher’s Linen Fabric was originally a heavy, sturdy linen fabric used for French butchers’ aprons. This type of heavy fabric was also used for interfacing. Damask, a jacquard weave, is a reversible rich weave, patterned in satin or plain weave. Venise is a very fine damask table linen fabric consisting of large floral patterns.

Satin
Satin

Satin is a sleek and glossy fabric created with a particular type of textile weave, during the process woven material is run through hot cylinders. The weave method used to create it is different from a basic fabric, the latter is woven by having the threads in each direction (the warp and the weft) going one over and one under.

The Balanced Plain Weave
The Balanced Plain Weave

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The Baskets Weave
The Baskets Weave

Monkscloth is an example of a basketweave fabric. The term Panama weave may also refer to a lightweight or midweight woollen fabric made using this weave. It is soft and loose, with a fine, grainy surface, used for men's and women's suits and dresses.

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The Loom
The Loom

The Jacquard loom is this photo is in their Pendleton, OR mill. You'll notice the warp threads on the loom are white, but the fabric is multicolored and patterned. This is possible because on a Jacquard loom, (and because of the structure of the Pendleton Trade Blankets), the warp threads will not show, only the fill colors.

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The Plain Weave
The Plain Weave

Plain weave, also called Tabby Weave, simplest and most common of the three basic textile weaves. It is made by passing each filling yarn over and under each warp yarn, with each row alternating, producing a high number of intersections. Plain-weave fabrics that are not printed or given a surface finish have no right or wrong side. They do not ravel easily but tend to wrinkle and have less absorbency than other weaves.

The Satin Weave:
The Satin Weave:

Plain Weave. Plain weave (also called tabby weave, linen weave or taffeta weave) is the most basic of three fundamental types of textile weaves. It is strong and hard-wearing, used for fashion and furnishing fabrics. In plain weave, the warp and weft are aligned so they form a simple criss-cross pattern.

The Twill Weave:
The Twill Weave:

Twill Weave: Twill weave is the second major design after plain weave. A weave that repeats on three or more picks and produces diagonal lines on the face of the fabric is called Twill Weave. Twill weave also can be defined as “The order of interlacing which causes diagonal lines of warp and weft floats to be formed on the cloth”.

Twill
Twill

Twill Weave: Twill weave is the second major design after plain weave. A weave that repeats on three or more picks and produces diagonal lines on the face of the fabric is called Twill Weave. Twill weave also can be defined as “The order of interlacing which causes diagonal lines of warp and weft floats to be formed on the cloth”.

Velvet
Velvet

Weave details visible on a purple-colored velvet fabric Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel.