Glossary of Textile Manufacturing - D

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Damask

Damask is a fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Today, it generally denotes a linen texture richly figured in the weaving with flowers, fruit, forms of animal life, and other types of ornament.

Darning mushroom

A darning mushroom is a tool which can be used for darning clothes, particularly socks. The sock can be stretched over the top of the (curved) mushroom, and gathered tightly around the stalk.

Denim

Denim denotes a rugged cotton twill textile.

Dimity

Dimity is a lightweight, sheer cotton fabric having at least two warp threads thrown into relief to form fine cords.

Dobby loom

Dobby loom is a loom in which each harness can be manipulated individually. This is in contrast to a treadle loom, where the harnesses are attached to a number of different treadles depending on the weave structure.

Double weave

Double weave is a type of advanced weave. It is done by interlacing two or more sets of warps with two or more sets of filling yarns.

Dowlas

Dowlas is the name given to a plain cloth, similar to sheeting, but usually coarser.

Durability

how durable a fabric or yarn is.

Dyes

Dye is used to color fabric. There are two main types: Natural dyes and synthetic dyes. The process is called dyeing.

Dye lot

Dye lot is a number that identifies yarns dyed in the same vat at the same time. Subtle differences can appear between different batches of the same color yarn from the same manufacturer.