HECOL170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wrinkle
18 Oct 2016
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Originally a woven fabric (textilis= to weave) Now applies to fibres, filaments & yarns, natural or manmade, & most products for which they are the raw material. Materials (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terized as (cid:862)pla(cid:374)ar stru(cid:272)tures (cid:272)o(cid:374)sisti(cid:374)g of (cid:455)ar(cid:374)s or fi(cid:271)res. Usually porous materials, generally thin & flexible materials. Can range from very thin (eg. sheer curtain) to thicker carpeting & blanket materials. Small diameter and length at least 100 times this diameter. Constructed by interlooping, knotting, or otherwise intertwining to form a fabric usually from yarns (sometimes fibres) Three textile performance concepts: durability, comfort (& safety, appearance, appearance retention: dye fading, shrinking, aesthetic appeal: stylish. Depends on a combination of fibre properties, yarn properties, fabric properties, and finishing treatments. As well as design & construction of the textile product. ***is the manner in which the textile fulfills its intended purpose (depends on textile properties & the function of the textile)
