Fiber & Fabric Basics : Textiles 101 for Retro Style Shopping & Sewing

I wanted to give you all a basic rundown of fiber and fabric knowledge, the basics of natural and synthetic fibers, the difference between woven and knit fabrics, and my thoughts on rayon!

I hope this is helpful for some of you who don't know very much about textiles, personally I find textiles fascinating :)

How It's Made : Cotton fiber, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHgNoSYlhYs

How Linen is made : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZrZZefkohE

How silk is made : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ktNSPFbwQ

How Rayon is made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcxcPVX5ejY

Jacquard Looms : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQzpLLhN0fY

Montgomery Wards Catalog Scans:
https://www.pinterest.com/bmesposito/1943-montgomery-ward-spring-summer-1943-catalog/
https://www.pinterest.com/bmesposito/19471948-montgomery-wards-fall-winter-catalog/
https://www.pinterest.com/bmesposito/1950-montgomery-ward-springsummer-1950/

Photo Credits:
Wool fiber under microscope, scales : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_7129_Lincoln_sheep_wool_fibre.jpg
fig. 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CottonPlant.JPG
fig. 2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Streckband.jpeg
fig. 3 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Cotton1Ac.aspx
fig. 4 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linum_usitatissimum_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-088.jpg
fig. 5 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Flax3Ac.aspx
fig. 6 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khotan-fabrica-seda-d06.jpg
fig. 7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori#/media/File:Meyers_b14_s0826a.jpg
fig. 8 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiny_Shuzhou_tkalnia_jedwabiu_08.JPG
fig. 9 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Silk6Ac.aspx
fig. 10 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolle_des_Bretonischen_Zwergschafs.JPG
fig. 11 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Wool7Ac.aspx
fig. 12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Group_of_vicu%C3%B1a_in_Arequipa_Region,_Peru.jpg
fig. 13 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Polyester.aspx
fig. 14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nylon_40x.JPG
fig. 15 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Acrylic20Ac.aspx
fig. 16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_worn_out_nylon_stockings_in_this_barrel_full_of_salvaged_stockings_will_be_reprocessed_and_made_into_parachutes..._-_NARA_-_196427.jpg
fig. 17 http://www.microlabgallery.com/gallery/Viscose.aspx
fig. 18 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:03_Metier_jaquard_haut.jpg

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