Oxford fabric is a 2 x 1 basket weave. It is a warp and weft technique in which two threads in the warp are woven together with one thread in the weft. Usually, the two warp threads are as …
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Microplastic
Microplastics are tiny fibres, fragments or particles of plastic smaller than 5 millimetres(0,197″). They can form through the breakdown of larger products or by starting out as tiny particles.
When released, these tiny particles can end up in wastewater and …
Jacquard
Jacquard is a weaving technique that can create complex patterns by raising and lowering the warp threads individually. This is done using mechanical punch cards or by controlling a computer that stores instructions on how to create the pattern. One …
Weft
Wefts, are the transverse horizontal threads, which are inserted between the warp and bind the threads together into a weave.
January 2024, TÄNKOM | Revised March 2024 RETHINK…
Indigo
Indigo is a natural dye derived from Indigofera tinctoria and some other plants. It is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used natural dyes, and it has a characteristic deep blue colour. Indigo has been traditionally used for …
Twill
Twill is a basic weaving technique that produces diagonal stripes on the fabric’s surface. The stripes are created because the warp threads pass over or under at least two weft threads, while the point of attachment shifts laterally with each …
