Chapter 11: Textiles
The word textile can refer to any pliable material made of interlacing filaments, fibers, or yarns. Fabric and fiber are two very different things. Designers cannot simply say that they will be creating a silk dress. By silk, do they mean satin? Brocade? Jacquard? Taffeta? Organza? Chiffon? Crepe de Chine? Velvet? The list could go on, because silk can be woven in any number of ways into any number of fabrics.
FIBER
Fibers can be created from a number of natural sources and have also been produced artificially or synthetically for the last hundred years. Animal-based textiles are made from the fur or hair of animals, or in the case of silk, from the cocoon of a silkworm. Plant-based textiles are made from fibers from different ...
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