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81Crimplene — Part of Crimple Valley, near Harrogate, after which the fabric was named. Crimplene (polyester) is a thick yarn used to make a fabric of the same name. The resulting cloth is heavy, wrinkle resistant and retains its shape well. Britain s defunct… …
82Coutil — (or Coutille) is woven cloth created specifically for making corsets[1]. It is woven tightly to inhibit penetration of the corset s bones and resist stretching. Coutil has a high cotton content. Cotton has good dimensional stability, or a… …
83Whisky Galore! (film) — Whisky Galore! DVD cover Directed by Alexander Mackendrick Produced by …
84Net (textile) — This article is about the fabric called net or netting. For other meanings of net, see Net (disambiguation). Net or netting is any textile in which the warp and weft yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections, resulting in a fabric with… …
85Heatsetting — Heat setting is a term used in the textile industry to describe a thermal process taking place mostly in either a steam atmosphere or a dry heat environment. The effect of the process gives fibers, yarns or fabric dimensional stability and, very… …
86Jean Thomas — Jean Bell Thomas (November 14, 1881 December 7, 1982) was an American folk festival promoter, author and photographer who specialized in the music, crafts, and language patterns of the Appalachian region of the United States. Early lifeShe was… …
87Decatising — or decatizing, also known as crabbing, blowing, and decating, is the process of making permanent a textile finish on a cloth, so that it does not shrink during garment making.[1][2][3] The word comes from the French décatir, which means to remove …
88Charmeuse — (French: [ʃaʁmøːz]) is a lightweight fabric woven with a satin weave, where the warp threads cross over three or more of the backing (weft) threads. The front side of the fabric has a satin finish lustrous and reflective whereas the back has …
89Drugget — Druggett or drugget is a coarse woollen fabric felted or woven, self coloured or printed one side . Jonathan Swift refers to being in druggets drest, of thirteen pence a yard . [1] Formerly, a drugget was a sort of cheap stuff, very thin and… …
90Woven coverlet — A woven coverlet or coverlid is a type of bed covering with a woven design in colored wool yarn on a background of natural linen or cotton. Coverlets were woven in almost every community in the United States from the colonial era until the late… …
