Hemp fabric is a sustainable textile made of fibres of a very high-yielding crop in the cannabis sativa plant family. Historically used for industrial purposes, like rope and sails, hemp is known as one of the most versatile and durable natural fibers. Hemp fabrics are stronger, more absorbent, more durable, and better insulating than cotton.
A chambray is a plain weave fabric woven with a colored yarn in the warp and a white yarn in the weft.
Seersucker is a thin, puckered, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped or chequered, used to make clothing for spring and summer wear.
While chambray (below) and denim (above) are often confused for one another, they're not exactly the same fabric.
The Oxford weave has a basketweave structure and a lustrous aspect making it a popular fabric for a dress shirt.
Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth or dog's tooth, is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colours are used. The classic houndstooth pattern is an example of a tessellation.
Flannel, flannelette, and cotton flannel can be woven in either a twillweave or plain weave. The weave is often hidden by napping on one or both sides. After weaving, it is napped once, then bleached, dyed, or otherwise treated, and then napped a second time.
A twill weave can be identified by its diagonal lines. This is a 2/2 twill, with two warp threads crossing every two weft threads. Structure of a 2⁄2 twill. The offset at each row forms the diagonal pattern.
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