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Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.

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houndstooth
Textiles; Fabric

A two-toned pattern featuring broken checks or pointed shapes, originating in Scotland. Popular in 1960's style jackets, suits and hats. Also referred to as dog's tooth.

ikat
Textiles; Fabric

A manual weaving style that involves resist dyeing the warp or weft threads before the fabric is created. Originating in Southeast Asia, ikat fabrics can be extremely ornate and ...

jersey
Textiles; Fabric

Stretchy fine knitted fabric, used in t-shirts and sportswear and figure hugging garments; especially good for draping.

kapok
Textiles; Fabric

A lightweight vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree, native to Central and South America. The fiber is water resistant and buoyant, and while difficult to ...

khaki
Textiles; Fabric

A yellowish earth tone color, also a rugged twill weave fabric, often in the same dusty brown color. First named and utilized in 1848 by English soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.

knitting
Textiles; Fabric

The process of interlocking loops of yarn to form a fabric. Warp knitting loops yarn across a fabric, while weft knitting loops several yarns down the length of a fabric.

lace
Textiles; Fabric

A decorative open fabric made through knitting or looping yarns together. Lace also refers to design work on top of a base fabric, resulting in a raised pattern.

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