Year 10 Textiles - Fabric Weave

The three main types of textile construction are:

• Woven, Knitted and Bonded

• Woven, Felted and Interlaced

• Woven, Knitted and Non-woven

• Bonded, Interwoven and Felted

Process of interlacing yarns at right angles to each other to create a fabric.

• Bonding

• Knitting

• Sewing

• Weaving

How is a knitted fabric constructed?

• Interlocking loops of yarn

• Web of fibres.

• Interlacing two sets of yarn at 90 degree angles to each other.

• Needle punching fibres together.

Warp/Picks move from

• Left to Right

• Up to Down

Weft/Fill threads move

• Left to Right

• Up to Down

What is the purpose of the selvage?

What type of weave is this?

What type of weave is this?

What type of weave is this?

Which of the following are woven fabrics?

• Broadcloth

• Calico

• Cheesecloth

• Denim