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This article is part of the Clothing Theme Textile Spinning techniques Weaving techniques Taking care of clothes Category: Clothing

Textile is a material (also called cloth) producted either of weaved fibers, either of felt, and generally used for clothing (making clothes) or matts.

Contents 1 Production 2 Usage 2.1 Vegetal fibers 2.2 Animal fibers 2.3 "Technical fibers" 3 Recycling 4 See also 4.1 Internal links 4.2 External links 4.3 Bibliography

[edit] Production

The weaving is done with a weaving loom, by assembly of a thread network (called warp) and an other network, placed at square angle (called woof). These two networks create a framework : it's the cloth.

[edit] Usage

Textiles are used for clothes, for household (tablecloths, curtains...) and for technical applications (filtration, parachutes, composite materials, medicine...). The material can be:

• natural (vegetal, organic...)
• mineral (think about the old coat of mail)
• synthetic (polyamid, polyacrylic...)

[edit] Vegetal fibers

• Linen
• Coir (the fibers around coconuts)
• Cotton
• Bamboo
• Hemp
• Jute
• Sisal
• Raffia
• Broom
• Ramie
• Nettle

[edit] Animal fibers

• Wool
• Silk

[edit] "Technical fibers"

• Aramids
• Carbon and glass fibers
• Metals (stainless steel, copper)

[edit] Recycling

[edit] See also

[edit] Internal links

[edit] External links

[edit] Bibliography