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Textile Fundamentals
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The Transfer of color rubbing
Float
Crocking
Knits
Weighting
2. Finishing process used on cotton. improves strength - luster - and dyeablility of cotton. The fibers are saturated w/ caustic soda converting them from irregular to round and even.
Fulling
Metamerism
Best printing method for fast - cheap and large production
Mercerizing
3. Finishing process in which woven or knitted fabrics are passed against rotating - bristled - wire- covered brushes. the results are fibers being raised from the surface - creating a softer hand and better insulation.
Best printing method for fast - cheap and large production
Napping
Calendering
Dye methods in terms of quality
4. Faux fur - velour - terrycloth
Warp knit
technique used to make shaped peices of a knit garment by decreasing stitches
Best printing method for fast - cheap and large production
Knit Pile fabrics
5. Horizontal - all hand knitted fabrics
Burn out print
Knit Pile fabrics
Weft Knit
Direct print
6. The beginning of synthetics
Polymer chain
Weft Knit
Dye methods in terms of quality
Warp Knit
7. Made w/ solid metal rollers - limited to about 5-6in. of repeat.
Weft Knit
Roller Print
Weighting
Cross Dyeing
8. Shapes are made into mesh and rolled onto the fabric. Repeat can be up to 40 in long
Mercerizing
Float
Weighting
Rotary screen print
9. Finishing process used on wool. softens and compacts woven fibers. the fabric is agitated then rinsed - causing the yarns to shrink and soften.
Best printing method for fast - cheap and large production
Fulling
Calendering
Rotary screen print
10. Printing with a chemical substance that destroys the fiber in the pattern - design print area. Thus - a hole in the fabric results.
Warp knit
Weighting
Napping
Burn out print
11. A fitted knit used for more stretch
Rib knit
Warp Knit
Efinity
Float
12. The batch of colored fabric
Rib knit
Dye lot
Metamerism
Weft Knit
13. Color that is able to blend w/ the fiber.
Mercerizing
Knits
Efinity
Fulling
14. Finishing process of pressing or ironing a fabric at a high speed and under high pressure.
Warp knit
Calendering
Mercerizing
Knit Pile fabrics
15. The interlooping of yarns to create a fabric. Stretchy - insulating
Best printing method for fast - cheap and large production
Knits
Warp Knit
Dye lot
16. Vertical
Warp Knit
Crocking
Wovens
Efinity
17. How 2 different fibers that are dyed together change depending on the light source they are seen in.
Metamerism
Weft Knit
Wovens
technique used to make shaped peices of a knit garment by decreasing stitches
18. Rotary screen print
Knits
Best printing method for fast - cheap and large production
Weighting
Wovens
19. Socks - hats - sleeves
garments made on a circular knitting machine
Dye lot
Dye methods in terms of quality
Mercerizing
20. Fabric that goes through a printer similar to an inkjet printer. Good for fabric with texture.
Efinity
Digital print
Dye methods in terms of quality
Weft Knit
21. Printing directly on to griege goods
Direct print
Roller Print
Cross Dyeing
technique used to make shaped peices of a knit garment by decreasing stitches
22. Finishing process used on silk. makes fabric heavier - soft and light. however - less durable - more sensitive to sunlight - air - aging and perspiration.
Weighting
Calendering
Wovens
Roller Print
23. Full- fashioned
Dye methods in terms of quality
Digital print
Weighting
technique used to make shaped peices of a knit garment by decreasing stitches
24. Yarns that skip over two or more other yarns in woven fabrics
Wovens
Float
Rotary screen print
Weft Knit
25. Two fibers w/ one dye. One fiber has efinity - the other doesn't. ex: Heathering
Warp knit
Napping
Cross Dyeing
garments made on a circular knitting machine
26. The interlacing of yarns to create a fabric. Strong - breathable
Digital print
Cross Dyeing
Efinity
Wovens
27. All machine made - doesn't run - lays flat - fastest production - vertical selvage
Wovens
Warp knit
Metamerism
Knits
28. 1) Solution dyed 2) Yarn dyed 3) Piece dyed 4) Garment dyed
Digital print
Dye methods in terms of quality
Direct print
Calendering