Amazing Explanation of Cotton, Wool and Silk Fabric

An Amazing dictionary of the cotton, silk and wool fabrics is given in this directory of Internet Centre of Canadian Fashion and Design.

It is different from the other dictionaries in that the explanation is divided into four parts: Fiber, Weave, Characteristics and uses.

The following Fibres are covered:

Cotton Fabrics:
Armure Batiste Birdseye Broadcloth Brocade Buckram Butcher Linen Calico Cambric Candlewick Fabric Canton Flannel Canvas Chambray Chamois Cloth Chamoisette Cheesecloth Chenille Fabric Chino Chintz Chite Corduroy Cotton Crepe Crettone Denim Dimity Domett Flannel Dotted Swiss Drill Duck Flannelette Fustian Gabardine Gingham Homespun Hopsacking Jersey Lawn Madras Monk's Cloth Nainsook Organdy Oxford Percale Pique Plisse Point d'esprit Poplin Provence Sailcloth Sateen Seersucker Terry cloth Tiking Velveteen Velour Vichy Voile Whipcord

Wool Fabrics
Agneline Albert Cloth Astrakhan Barathea Beaver Cloth Bedford Cord Birdseye Blanket Cloth Bolivia Bombazine Boucle Broadcloth Cavalry Twill Challis (Chalys) Cheviot Chinchilla Covert Crepe Doeskin Donegal Duvetyn(e) Eponge (Souffle) Felt Flannel Wool Flannel Worsted Flannel Fleece Gabardine Homespun Hopsacking Jersey Wool Jersey Doubleknit Kersey Lambswool Loden ClothMackinaw Melton Monk's Cloth Montagnac Pin Check, Pinhead and Pick Pyrenees Repp or Rep Serge Sharkskin Shatush Shetland Suede Tricotine Tropical Worsteds Tweed Harris Tweed Venetian Viyella Whipcord Wool Zibeline

Silk Fabrics
Bayadere Bengaline Brocade Brocatelle Camocas Cendal Chiffon China Silk CrepeCrepe-back satin Crepe de ChineCreponGeorgette CrepeFlat CrepeMoss Crepe Degummed Silk Doupion, Douppioni Duchesse Faconne Faille Foulard Frise Glove Silk Habutai Honan Illusion Lame Marquisette Matelasse Messaline Mousseline de Soie Moire Net Ninnon Organza Ottoman Panne Peau de Cynge Peau de Peche Pongee Rajah SatinSatin-back Crepe Satin-backDouble-face SatinDuchessSatin FaconneSlipper SatinPaillette SatinPeau de Soie Shantung Sharkskin Sheer Silk Spun Rayon Surah TaffetaFaille TaffetaPaper TaffetaPoumpadou TaffetaShot TaffetaTissue TaffetaWarp-print TaffetaTricot Tulle Tussah VelvetCisele VelvetFaconne VelvetLyons VelvetNacre VelvetPanne VelvetPlushTransparent VelvetUtrecht VelvetVelvet Satin

I just wish it were supplemented by pictures !!

Denim Produced from Your Torn Jeans

There is a patent document which claims that the denim fabric can be produced from waste denim yarn. In this fabric 40%-100% of waste fiber is used. To reclaim the waste fiber, the fabric is subjected to garnetting and low tension carding, before spinning it in the form of yarn and using it to weave fabric.

The only thing remains to be seen is the techno-commercial viability of such product. Garnetted fibers produce problems in carding, drawframe and posisbly in high speed weaving. Though it is claimed that such a denim will have adequate strength, it will remain a challange. It is suggested that some virgin fiber should be added in the garnetted fiber or it is subjected to some lubrication before spinning. All this will lead to increase in process cost.

Neverthless, this is a good news for your torn denim jeans which can now be recycled into a new one without damaging the environment. Just give your jeans to the local rag picker and it will eventually find itself into a new jeans. However, if you don't want to part away with your jeans, here are the instructions what you can do with them. Of course, there are 25 other ways to make use of your old jeans.

Worldwise, concerns are growing reagarding using the denim waste. A project making the use of denim shoddy is one of such cases. It is being used in myriad ways including its use in oil filters. Successful attempts have been made to make paper out of denim wastes.

Note: Garnetting is a process by which material such as threads, rags, woven cloth scraps, and the like are broken up and returned to a substantial fluffy, fibrous condition simulating the original condition of the fiber. This is done by first chopping the material to small pieces (e.g. two to six inches) and then running the pieces through a series of high speed cylinders which can be covered with wire (e.g. saw wire), steel spikes, or the like. The treatment breaks up the material into individual fibers typically having a length of one and one-eighth inches or less.

How to Buy Fabric for the Garments

An excellent guide on how to buy fabrics for the garments is given here. All the essential questions regarding what, why, where, how and who of fabric buying are explained in this guide.

Openings In Textiles / Garments / Export / Home Furnishing Companies : Delhi / NCR

Designation :
1. Production Manager (Home Furnishing Division)
Location: Gurgaon
Job Description -
--> Involvement in the production activities and assuring the styling & potential quality.
--> Responsible for performance of fabric, trims and accessories.
--> Setting targets at different areas of Analysis and decision making.
--> Production and working with production team to achieve the same.
--> Anticipating problems during processing and guiding to take preventive / corrective action.
--> Ensure the flow of materials between or within departments.
--> Compile Planning and monitoring of and record consumption of raw materials.
--> Conducting daily /weekly reviews production activities on daily basis at floor level and performance review on weekly basis along with production team and top management.
--> Communicating with departments as necessary throughout the manufacturing process to check production, troubleshoot, ensure quality and meet established deadlines.
--> Interacting with the Customers at different stages of production & shipment.
Remuneration - Rupees 4,00,000 to Rupees 5,50,000 (per annum) + Allowances + Company benefits
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2. Finishing Manager (Home Furnishing Division)
Location: Gurgaon
Job Description -
--> Handling Finishing & Packing unit.
--> Authorized to washing process and washing approvals.
--> Involve in inspection for internal and buying agency.
--> Reporting to Factory Manager
Remuneration - Rupees 4,00,000 to Rupees 5,50,000 (per annum) + Allowances + Company benefits
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3. Merchant / Sr. Merchant (Knits/Woven)
Location: Gurgaon
-> Look at the technical aspects of garments before a style goes into sampling
-> Evaluation of fits, protos, PP sample and shipment sample.& getting the pilot, initial, midline, inspection
-> Meeting with the production team to improve quality control procedures.
-> Monitoring per day production status according T. &. A.
Remuneration - Rupees 3,00,000 to Rupees 4,00,000 (per annum) + Allowances + Company benefits

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4. Fabric Executive / Manager
Location : Gurgaon
--> Negotiation with the buyers and suppliers of fabrics to help in finalizing the orders.
--> Independent communication with the Customers & Buying houses.
--> Coordinating with them to get complete satisfaction for the fabrics, there quality, testing parameters, meets legal requirement as per country norms.
--> Sourcing of the new fabrics according to the Buyer as per requirements & take care for there developments from the right place.
--> Liasoning the right vendors to place the order.
--> Testing and sampling of all fabrics as per buyer requirement.
--> Coordinating with the suppliers to improve properties in product to meet buyer needs
Remuneration - Rupees 3,00,000 to Rupees 4,00,000 (per annum) + Allowances + Company benefits

Mail your CV to
Dipen Roy
Wills Worth Consulting New Delhi
dipen.r@willsworth.net
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