pile fabric

Pile fabrics used to be made on traditional hand weaving machines.

The piled fabric before her shivered as she spoke, and I thought it moaned.

Fur is back, too, as are delicious pile fabrics, so that luxury can be combined with utility.

Right, the coat newly cut in pile fabric to resemble short-hair fur.

What such items have in common is the mill that produces the soft, stretchy, lightweight pile fabric they are made of.

Taffeta, pile fabrics and some dupions fall into the latter category.

Pressing is difficult with pile fabrics.

Terrycloth, a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides.

Another important invention in connection with silk manufacture was his velvet loom for piled fabrics which made him very rich.

They were made using a form of the Ghiordes knot to make the double-sided pile fabric.

Mockado is a woollen pile fabric made in imitation of silk velvet.

The 378 colours illustrated were shown on three surfaces - matt, gloss and a pile fabric (like carpet).

By cutting the pile ends in between the two layers one obtains two separate pile fabrics.

The roller cover is a cylindrical core with a pile fabric covering secured to the cylindrical core.

NB When using pile fabrics which cannot be ironed in the same way, cut the bump 2.5cm (1in) larger than the buckram all round.

Weaving machine for pile fabrics or velvets whereby the pile is made by weaving steel rods or wires into the fabrics.

A steel rod which is inserted in between the base fabric and the pile ends in a pile fabric woven on a wire loom or épinglé loom.

Moquette derived from the French word for carpet - is a type of woven pile fabric in which cut or uncut threads form a short dense cut or loop pile.

Dress in layers, beginning with a long-sleeve turtleneck made of polypropylene or a similar fabric to shed perspiration, a second layer of wool or pile fabric for warmth, and an outer windbreaker.

It is most commonly woven into textured or pile fabrics and it has an advantage over wool in that when washed correctly (without too much heat) it will retain its shape, drip dry and need little ironing.

One of the first forms was Polar Fleece created in 1979 by Malden Mills, now Polartec LLC., a new, light and strong pile fabric meant to mimic and in some ways surpass wool.

The jacket, designed by Dolce & Gabbana in Milan, Italy, is reversible, so it can look like a fur (actually a pile fabric that resembles caracul) with polka-dot cuffs, or a polka-dot jacket with fur cuffs and collar.