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Your comprehensive guide to textiles and fabrics

Discover the properties, uses, and possibilities of every fabric imaginable.
From cotton to high-tech synthetics, find the perfect textile for your next project.

Fabric Identifier

If you're struggling to identify a piece of fabric you have, our AI-powered fabric identifier can help. Simply upload a photo and get instant results with confidence levels and detailed fabric information.

Explore Fibers

Discover the building blocks of textiles. From natural cotton to innovative synthetics, each fiber brings unique properties to fabric creation.

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From luxurious silks to sturdy canvas, discover the world of fabrics. Each textile brings its own character, drape, and possibilities to your projects.

Textile Terms

Master the language of textiles. From basic terminology to technical jargon, build your textile vocabulary with our comprehensive glossary.

Kapok

A short, lightweight, cotton-like, vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree. Because of its brittle quality, it is generally not spun. However, its buoyancy and moisture resistance makes it ideal for use in cushions, mattresses, and life jackets.

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Kenaf

A plant native to south Asia that has similar properties to jute. The stems produce two types of fiber, a coarser fiber in the outer layer (bast fiber), and a finer fiber in the core. The main uses of kenaf fiber have been rope, twine, coarse cloth (similar to that made from jute), and paper. See also "Natural Vegetable Fibers".

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Knit

de-knit - A type of yarn texturizing in which a crimped yarn is made by knitting the yarn into a fabric, and then heat-setting the fabric. The yarn is then unraveled from the fabric and used in this permanently crinkled form.

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Knit Fabric

Fabrics made from only one set of yarns, all running in the

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Knitting

The art and science of constructing fabric by interlooping of

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Kumazasa Herb

This Japanese herb used to make a Japanese paper fiber that is completely natural, highly renewable without the use of chemicals, and does not require chemicals to process. It is used in the production of Sasawashi fabric. See also "Sasawashi".

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