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A textile is any kind of woven cloth, or a cloth made of fibres that have been bonded into a fabric without weaving. eg. felt. ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.105.200.59 ( talk) 15:01, 1 October 2002 (UTC)
Textile is also a kind of ReStructured_Text http://textism.com/tools/textile/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.128.140.251 ( talk) 22:52, 21 October 2004 (UTC)
I was trying to understand the difference between cloth and textile. Just by looking at the Webster's definition, it seems that cloth is more inclusive and includes all woven and non-woven fabric, while textile is only woven fabric. If I am wrong about this, and there is no distiction between cloth and fabric, then they should be combined into to one article. ike9898 02:18, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)
I think that this article could be improved by making it less "listy". The last 2/3 of the article is mostly lists. Let's make this into a real article..... ike9898 18:28, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Currently there is an article named Textile manufacturing terminology which probably should have a list of different terms and their meanings. The article currently located there has good information, but is not the list that such a title suggests. Much of that info could probably be moved here, and a list of terms created at that page. If we don't move that article here, it should probably get renamed, but I can't think of something appropriate. Loggie July 1, 2005 17:33 (UTC)
I'm new to this so appologies for doubles etc. And also for probably being in the wrong section.
That being said in ROMP Ltd I hold licence X0001 from the Soil Association in the UK for the production of Organic Leather and we are about to crack denim/cotton as well.
I would like to propose a definition of Organic Textiles for discussion and final submission to Ifoam.
An Organic textile is one where the husbandry of the Soil at Planting or Birth is Certified organic to the same Organic standard of the eventual product. All processes in the farming section are to that same standard with full separation until the raw material is presented to the Textile production stages. The raw material is then treated in a manufacturing system that is also Organically certified to the same standard and separate in all aspects until the textile is complete. This includes all physical and all chemical stages especially dye-ing. And finally an organic textile should contain an element in the final price which rewards the original producer fairly so that the Organic movement as a whole and the organic farmer specifially is rewarded directly for their status
To product a finished organic article from that textile to the original organic standard requires a certified factory and designer brand, and retailer.
At the moment 99% of the Organic Textile that I see gives up after raw material and introduces non-organic materials during the dye phase. They also promote cheap labour which appears to be counter productive to the imperative and pressing need to change. Hence we see Organic Cotton T shirts sold as such but printed and dyed with increased levels of Chromium based dyes and manufactured in the same factories and at the same appalling labour rates as is the norm today.
Of couse I am totally biased hence the need to open up the debate but would be very interested in logical and well thoughtout positions on where we are in the cycle and what is trully in the best interests of the planet.
Greg
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The expression "textile leather" is used increasingly. I have no idea what it means, supposedly a leather subtitute. I found no definition and also no systematic classification until now. If it is a special kind of fabric it would also be interesting to learn more about its properties or making.
Peter Loster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.146.180.50 ( talk) 20:36, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
all the processes in the textiles arctical have there own page ..and it is easy to load a page and then follow the links ..if you will merge the pages then users like me who do not have a good borwsing speed will suffer, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elminster Aumar ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
--- TEXTILE ARTIST---
I am a textile artist at California College of Arts & Crafts in SF/Oakland. Here in the Textile department, we have expanded the definition of Textiles, while maintaining the name (other schools now have "Fiber" departments instead), because it places us in the lineage of the Arts & Crafts movement, on which the school was founded. The word Textile comes from the latin "texere" : to weave. So yes, Textile literally means anything woven on a loom, but not necessarily fiber, it can be copper wire, monofilament, wood, branches, plastic tubes etc. However, at the textile department, we do not exclusively teach Weaving. The department consits of Weaving, Dying, Printing, Knitting, Crocheting, Felting, Twining (basketry), Plaiting, and sewing.
In this context, textiles are defined as a flexible product that is comprised of multiple parts (usually fibers) that are interlaced in some way, OR a design that is applied to a textile, like printing and dying. Textile also refers to the fiber itself, so yarn is also called a textile.
FABRIC/CLOTH/TEXTILE:
SO if textiles can be all of the above, what are fabric and cloth?
Fabric means to construct or make ie Fabricate... In my understanding, fabric is a material that is woven, knitted, crocheted, or felted (possibly dyed and/or printed as well), that is not usually understood as a finished piece in it's own right. Fabric is usually cut or sewn and used for some other application, like garment making or upholstery.
Cloth and fabric are somewhat interchangable, but cloth has certain uses that fabric doesn't. For example, as I mentioned above, Fabric is a material with potential to be made into something. Cloth can be used in this way, but it also commonly refers to a finished piece that has it's own use, like a Dish Cloth, loin cloth, or table cloth. Try to replace "cloth" with "fabric" in one of these couplets, and you'll understand the difference.
SUMMARY:
Textile most specifically refers to a piece constructed of multiple parts that interlace, usually fibers, that is flexible, has tensile strength, or a printed or dyed design like Shibori. Examples of Textiles that are NOT commonly refered to as fabric:
Fabric usually refers to a material that is woven, knitted, crocheted, or felted, that implies another use like garment making, printing, dying, or upholstery.
Cloth is a more nuanced word for fabric that usually implies a complete finished piece, like table cloth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.92.28.178 ( talk) 18:27, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi as per my study and opinion ,fabric and cloth should be kept combined under one umbrella as they are now but textile stands for the entire textile field(including fibres,yarn,fabrics and garments also) i will suggest to correct the article separately.i am agreeing with cloth and fabric together. Cloth in general stands for history of clothing and evolution,animal skin ,felt then woven and knitted fabric etc. fabric is derived from fabrication for the purpose and pre-determined objective.Fabric may be of knitted,woven etc.Henceforth cloth and fabric together are more convincing but textile need separate editing. Rajiv Sharma ( talk) 10:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)Thanks
A textile, such as a crocheted or knitted piece, is not cloth. Textile artists work with FIBER, not necessarily with cloth. Zora 14:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Considering the elapsed time now that I can see it, shouldn't someone call a formal vote, or just remove the merge templates? Fra nkB 03:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Textile means any product made of textile fibers. This includes raw fibers, yarns, and woven, non-woven, and knit cloth. Textile should not be merged with cloth because "textile" is a more inclusive term than "cloth". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.94.18.98 ( talk) 18:03, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I got rid of all but one link! All the rest were commercial, or dead, or so abstruse as not to be useful. A list of Italian textile names would be better off in an article on Renaissance clothing. Too limited for here.
I'm constantly appalled by people's willingless to exploit WP for a possible financial gain. Zora 17:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Some months ago, a came across a definition for a textile, that was woven but non-perpendicular. It seemed as if it were describing something other than non-woven.
I have developed a new type of fabric with a new method of construction and was looking for the proper terminology to describe it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gillessaindon ( talk • contribs) 00:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
So... does someone usually coordinate these COTWs, or do we all just sort of fly at 'er? -- jwanders Talk 05:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Sorry if this annoys some people, but I always make this sort of list for articles that need a lot of work. Here's what needs to be done. Support, refute, or propose suggestions as needed.
Thanks. Ellie041505 13:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Can someone check/edit the caption on the second illustration? I think the "right to left" order is reversed in the identifcation of the fabrics as shown. Thanks, Stu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.249.78 ( talk) 21:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
There is almost nothing in the article about breathable fabrics, e.g. for garments, save for a tiny note on wicking of perspiration under ingeo. - Neparis ( talk) 00:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Reassessed to the new C-class; this article still needs a lot of work. - PKM ( talk) 18:54, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
I have included Marisol Deluna yet her name continually gets removed.
Despite adding three references http://glo.msn.com/relationships/glos-latina-girl-crushes-6003.gallery?photoId=21361 GLO.msn.com, http://www.hyundaiusa.com/about-hyundai/diversity/common/assets/Hyundai_Adelante.pdf Hyundaiusa.com, http://www.nysartorialist.com/2010/05/housing-works-6th-annual-design-on-dime.html Nysartorialist.com (in addition to those found off and online) I was not aware that inclusions had to be household names, yet rather notables to the subject discussed. One of the terrific user benefits of Wikipedia is to inform. Why bother reading articles otherwise?
She is not as notable as the others listed, this is understood as she does not create designs in a traditional manner such as runway shows. Inclusions should not be based on this. She is known for her prints and my references reflect this as does this list of clients that have benefited from her print driven designs.
I am asking to have the edit of removal be reverted or perhaps put in a different category in which textiles can be used beyond traditional fashion designers- Especially for those seeking information on those who are not focused on mainstream textile or fashion designers. Thank you. ElizabethCB123 ( talk) 16:24, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Some explanation for changing the "Sources" section to "Further reading."
After finding no mention of the authors Good or Fisher in the article text, I searched the revision history to determine when these sources were added and what (if any) other content was added at the same time. Revision diffs for the additions of both the Nora Good and Irene Fisher sources show that only the source information was added.
Having also moved the Duplessis source to an inline citation, I removed the citation cleanup banner when I changed "Sources" to "Further reading." — Shelley V. Adams 03:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
The name of the Rawhide (textile) article is in direct conflict with the introduction to this article. It would appear something needs to be changed.-- Gibson Flying V ( talk) 22:27, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
The Wikitable showing the top ten exporters seems misplaced here. I think it belongs in History of textiles. If there are no objections I'll move it there in about a week. Jodosma ( talk) 23:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
The definitions in the opening paragraph of the article are very narrow in scope. For example, to characterize all textiles as "woven", is misleading, as it is misleading to define yarn without including the mention of fibers that rise from extrusion. Even if the whole article is to be rewritten, could some short term improvement of the first paragraph be done until then? Cobaltcanarycherry ( talk) 03:46, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
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Blended fabric redirects to here but does not end in any specific subtopic. It is not explained or defined. -- Manorainjan 09:23, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm proposing merging Clothing material into this article. Clothing material has no references and the material discussed could easily be folded into Textile. Leschnei ( talk) 22:57, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Since there's clearly no consensus on this, I'll leave it as is and remove the merge templates. Perhaps adding material to Textile and Clothing, and converting Clothing material to a redirect (all suggested above-thanks) would be the best answer. Leschnei ( talk) 13:08, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
What - no mention of stuff? nor how it is of the same root as the German stoff? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.148.36.42 ( talk) 20:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia has no article on woven roving, which predates the invention of spread tow fabric. I have seen it as fibreglass textiles used in layup fabrication. Are there significant differences between the two? Just plain Bill ( talk) 12:10, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Rajiv Please explain how this reference supports the text. Thanks. - Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 14:59, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
Before the 18th century, textile goods were synonym with piece-goods because of certain limitations of resources and trading systems. We can not forget the role of Draper, cloth merchants and mercery. I have added a section in the subject article with the name piece goods. Kindly review and advise to elaborate. Thanks and regards RAJIVVASUDEV ( talk) 02:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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The section started out as a standalone article about piecegoods, defined as cloth sold in fixed lengths. This didn’t agree with the definition in the two definitions cited, which was cloth supplied in bolts and sold in lengths requested by the customer. The content of the article followed the unsupported definition, and was about cloth manufactured in small pieces. It implied that manufacture of piecegoods had ceased in the 19th century as a result of improvements in weaving technology, while citing a source discussing proposed tariffs on piecegoods in 1937.
Once the definition was changed to one supported by the cited sources pretty much all the content was irrelevant to it. The central premise of much of it, which was that manufacture of piecegoods had ceased as a result of changing technology, is clearly wrong, cloth is still supplied in bolts and sold in from them in lengths as required. As a result of this the article was redirected here, as an appropriate redirection for cloth sold by length. The article has now been copied and pasted to this article pretty much intact, and has now also been pasted to this talk page (is this really necessary, or even appropriate?).
The sourcing, as far as I can tell, is dubious in other ways. For example the source cited to support the sentence saying that the invention of Kay’s flying shuttle “led to wider width handloom woven fabrics” says nothing of the sort; it says that the flying shuttle speeded up the weaving process and enabled a broadcloth loom to be operated by a single weaver instead of two. Even if this could be sourced it’s not clear how an increase in width is relevant to the fortunes of cloth sold by length. This sort of incoherence is one of the reasons it was redirected, there just doesn’t seem to be a coherent article to be made here. It was mostly about changing manufacturing technology, not piecegoods.
It looks as if what RAJIVVASUDEV actually wants to write about is handlooming, and the effect on this of improved technology. It might be appropriate to have an article about this, from some of the sources I’ve seen cited it seems that handlooming is of cultural significance, and it has in the past been of economic significance, but the article would have to be carefully researched and adequately sourced. If RAJIVVASUDEV is to create such an article I suggest that it should start as a draft and only be moved to mainspace when ready. Brunton ( talk) 19:16, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
Before the 18th century, a maximum of textiles were produced and traded in the form of piece-goods only. ( Piece goods, yard goods) were the fabrics sold by length. [1] The term was commonly used in the cloth trade for a various specified length (pieces) of cloth rolls. It comprehends several qualities mostly cotton [2] such as calicos, long cloth, etc. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
There were various reasons for producing and trading textiles in piece goods; some were the infrastructure, resources, and trading system of that time, which was not allowing to produce the cloth in larger roll sizes what machines are producing today.
In pre- industrialization, most textile materials were handspun and handwoven and produced on handlooms, and unlike today the goods were then made in smaller pieces. The dimensions (length and width) was varied with the size of looms, material, and weavers. [10] [11] [9]
The flying shuttle invention by John Kay in 1733 had led to wider width handloom woven fabrics. [12] However, improvements in spinning technology during the Industrial Revolution created cotton yarn of sufficient strength to be used in mechanized weaving. The limitations of the vertical length size of the cloths overcame with early developments in looms such as warp-weighted loom and powerlooms. [13] [14]
Exports of piece-goods is recorded since the time of the Mughals. [15] And it continued until the 19th century. In 1878, textile piece goods were discussed substantially as an item of export and Import from various destinations of India. [16] Drapers [17] and Cloth merchants were trading different textile in the form of piece-goods. [18]
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It is more helpful to know about historical terms for a reader.@ Roxy the dog , kindly do not remove the sourced information. RV ( talk) 09:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@ Roxy the dog You have removed a sourced information[ [2]] with this ed sum Nonsense. textiles for transmitting info. hahahaha. Can you explain the reason? RV ( talk) 15:07, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
A textile is a flexible material made by creating an interlocking network of yarns or threads, which are produced by spinning raw fibres (from either natural or synthetic sources) into long and twisted lengths.Textiles are then formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, tatting, felting, bonding, or braiding these yarns together.
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Hi all! In an article Sulfur someone wrote a sentence: "The high disulfide bond content of hair and feathers contributes to their indigestibility and to their characteristic disagreeable odor when burned.[citation needed]" A little investigation on Google gave no citation which is suitable for that statement in context of the article. But there is a bunch of search results pointing on "Burn test of fabrics". Don't you want to add this information to Treatments subsection? I'm going to remove the mentioned statement from the Sulfur article. Tosha Langue ( talk) 10:05, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
§ Handling of edit-warring behaviors. @ Roxy the dog Your recent attempts to vandalize this page have been reversed. Stop your nonsense because there is no denying the link between textiles, wet processing, and water consumption. Keeping the readers in mind, the section deserves a place in the article. And let me do that. You are welcome to discuss this here. Do not revert the edits, especially when they belong to a reliable source.. RV ( talk) 13:12, 7 January 2023 (UTC) or You may want to try WP:BRD to resolve your problem. Open a talk page section and justify how water, wet processing and associated impacts are not linked, to show why the disputed section is justified in that position. RV ( talk) 12:11, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
In section Health impacts, there is copy and paste edit Chemicals use, advantage and health impacts, copy and paste edit from Chemical finishing of textiles. For attribution see page history. Thanks RV ( talk) 12:52, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
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A textile is any kind of woven cloth, or a cloth made of fibres that have been bonded into a fabric without weaving. eg. felt. ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.105.200.59 ( talk) 15:01, 1 October 2002 (UTC)
Textile is also a kind of ReStructured_Text http://textism.com/tools/textile/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.128.140.251 ( talk) 22:52, 21 October 2004 (UTC)
I was trying to understand the difference between cloth and textile. Just by looking at the Webster's definition, it seems that cloth is more inclusive and includes all woven and non-woven fabric, while textile is only woven fabric. If I am wrong about this, and there is no distiction between cloth and fabric, then they should be combined into to one article. ike9898 02:18, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)
I think that this article could be improved by making it less "listy". The last 2/3 of the article is mostly lists. Let's make this into a real article..... ike9898 18:28, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Currently there is an article named Textile manufacturing terminology which probably should have a list of different terms and their meanings. The article currently located there has good information, but is not the list that such a title suggests. Much of that info could probably be moved here, and a list of terms created at that page. If we don't move that article here, it should probably get renamed, but I can't think of something appropriate. Loggie July 1, 2005 17:33 (UTC)
I'm new to this so appologies for doubles etc. And also for probably being in the wrong section.
That being said in ROMP Ltd I hold licence X0001 from the Soil Association in the UK for the production of Organic Leather and we are about to crack denim/cotton as well.
I would like to propose a definition of Organic Textiles for discussion and final submission to Ifoam.
An Organic textile is one where the husbandry of the Soil at Planting or Birth is Certified organic to the same Organic standard of the eventual product. All processes in the farming section are to that same standard with full separation until the raw material is presented to the Textile production stages. The raw material is then treated in a manufacturing system that is also Organically certified to the same standard and separate in all aspects until the textile is complete. This includes all physical and all chemical stages especially dye-ing. And finally an organic textile should contain an element in the final price which rewards the original producer fairly so that the Organic movement as a whole and the organic farmer specifially is rewarded directly for their status
To product a finished organic article from that textile to the original organic standard requires a certified factory and designer brand, and retailer.
At the moment 99% of the Organic Textile that I see gives up after raw material and introduces non-organic materials during the dye phase. They also promote cheap labour which appears to be counter productive to the imperative and pressing need to change. Hence we see Organic Cotton T shirts sold as such but printed and dyed with increased levels of Chromium based dyes and manufactured in the same factories and at the same appalling labour rates as is the norm today.
Of couse I am totally biased hence the need to open up the debate but would be very interested in logical and well thoughtout positions on where we are in the cycle and what is trully in the best interests of the planet.
Greg
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The expression "textile leather" is used increasingly. I have no idea what it means, supposedly a leather subtitute. I found no definition and also no systematic classification until now. If it is a special kind of fabric it would also be interesting to learn more about its properties or making.
Peter Loster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.146.180.50 ( talk) 20:36, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
all the processes in the textiles arctical have there own page ..and it is easy to load a page and then follow the links ..if you will merge the pages then users like me who do not have a good borwsing speed will suffer, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elminster Aumar ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
--- TEXTILE ARTIST---
I am a textile artist at California College of Arts & Crafts in SF/Oakland. Here in the Textile department, we have expanded the definition of Textiles, while maintaining the name (other schools now have "Fiber" departments instead), because it places us in the lineage of the Arts & Crafts movement, on which the school was founded. The word Textile comes from the latin "texere" : to weave. So yes, Textile literally means anything woven on a loom, but not necessarily fiber, it can be copper wire, monofilament, wood, branches, plastic tubes etc. However, at the textile department, we do not exclusively teach Weaving. The department consits of Weaving, Dying, Printing, Knitting, Crocheting, Felting, Twining (basketry), Plaiting, and sewing.
In this context, textiles are defined as a flexible product that is comprised of multiple parts (usually fibers) that are interlaced in some way, OR a design that is applied to a textile, like printing and dying. Textile also refers to the fiber itself, so yarn is also called a textile.
FABRIC/CLOTH/TEXTILE:
SO if textiles can be all of the above, what are fabric and cloth?
Fabric means to construct or make ie Fabricate... In my understanding, fabric is a material that is woven, knitted, crocheted, or felted (possibly dyed and/or printed as well), that is not usually understood as a finished piece in it's own right. Fabric is usually cut or sewn and used for some other application, like garment making or upholstery.
Cloth and fabric are somewhat interchangable, but cloth has certain uses that fabric doesn't. For example, as I mentioned above, Fabric is a material with potential to be made into something. Cloth can be used in this way, but it also commonly refers to a finished piece that has it's own use, like a Dish Cloth, loin cloth, or table cloth. Try to replace "cloth" with "fabric" in one of these couplets, and you'll understand the difference.
SUMMARY:
Textile most specifically refers to a piece constructed of multiple parts that interlace, usually fibers, that is flexible, has tensile strength, or a printed or dyed design like Shibori. Examples of Textiles that are NOT commonly refered to as fabric:
Fabric usually refers to a material that is woven, knitted, crocheted, or felted, that implies another use like garment making, printing, dying, or upholstery.
Cloth is a more nuanced word for fabric that usually implies a complete finished piece, like table cloth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.92.28.178 ( talk) 18:27, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi as per my study and opinion ,fabric and cloth should be kept combined under one umbrella as they are now but textile stands for the entire textile field(including fibres,yarn,fabrics and garments also) i will suggest to correct the article separately.i am agreeing with cloth and fabric together. Cloth in general stands for history of clothing and evolution,animal skin ,felt then woven and knitted fabric etc. fabric is derived from fabrication for the purpose and pre-determined objective.Fabric may be of knitted,woven etc.Henceforth cloth and fabric together are more convincing but textile need separate editing. Rajiv Sharma ( talk) 10:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)Thanks
A textile, such as a crocheted or knitted piece, is not cloth. Textile artists work with FIBER, not necessarily with cloth. Zora 14:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Considering the elapsed time now that I can see it, shouldn't someone call a formal vote, or just remove the merge templates? Fra nkB 03:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Textile means any product made of textile fibers. This includes raw fibers, yarns, and woven, non-woven, and knit cloth. Textile should not be merged with cloth because "textile" is a more inclusive term than "cloth". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.94.18.98 ( talk) 18:03, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I got rid of all but one link! All the rest were commercial, or dead, or so abstruse as not to be useful. A list of Italian textile names would be better off in an article on Renaissance clothing. Too limited for here.
I'm constantly appalled by people's willingless to exploit WP for a possible financial gain. Zora 17:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Some months ago, a came across a definition for a textile, that was woven but non-perpendicular. It seemed as if it were describing something other than non-woven.
I have developed a new type of fabric with a new method of construction and was looking for the proper terminology to describe it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gillessaindon ( talk • contribs) 00:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
So... does someone usually coordinate these COTWs, or do we all just sort of fly at 'er? -- jwanders Talk 05:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Sorry if this annoys some people, but I always make this sort of list for articles that need a lot of work. Here's what needs to be done. Support, refute, or propose suggestions as needed.
Thanks. Ellie041505 13:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Can someone check/edit the caption on the second illustration? I think the "right to left" order is reversed in the identifcation of the fabrics as shown. Thanks, Stu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.249.78 ( talk) 21:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
There is almost nothing in the article about breathable fabrics, e.g. for garments, save for a tiny note on wicking of perspiration under ingeo. - Neparis ( talk) 00:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Reassessed to the new C-class; this article still needs a lot of work. - PKM ( talk) 18:54, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
I have included Marisol Deluna yet her name continually gets removed.
Despite adding three references http://glo.msn.com/relationships/glos-latina-girl-crushes-6003.gallery?photoId=21361 GLO.msn.com, http://www.hyundaiusa.com/about-hyundai/diversity/common/assets/Hyundai_Adelante.pdf Hyundaiusa.com, http://www.nysartorialist.com/2010/05/housing-works-6th-annual-design-on-dime.html Nysartorialist.com (in addition to those found off and online) I was not aware that inclusions had to be household names, yet rather notables to the subject discussed. One of the terrific user benefits of Wikipedia is to inform. Why bother reading articles otherwise?
She is not as notable as the others listed, this is understood as she does not create designs in a traditional manner such as runway shows. Inclusions should not be based on this. She is known for her prints and my references reflect this as does this list of clients that have benefited from her print driven designs.
I am asking to have the edit of removal be reverted or perhaps put in a different category in which textiles can be used beyond traditional fashion designers- Especially for those seeking information on those who are not focused on mainstream textile or fashion designers. Thank you. ElizabethCB123 ( talk) 16:24, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Some explanation for changing the "Sources" section to "Further reading."
After finding no mention of the authors Good or Fisher in the article text, I searched the revision history to determine when these sources were added and what (if any) other content was added at the same time. Revision diffs for the additions of both the Nora Good and Irene Fisher sources show that only the source information was added.
Having also moved the Duplessis source to an inline citation, I removed the citation cleanup banner when I changed "Sources" to "Further reading." — Shelley V. Adams 03:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
The name of the Rawhide (textile) article is in direct conflict with the introduction to this article. It would appear something needs to be changed.-- Gibson Flying V ( talk) 22:27, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
The Wikitable showing the top ten exporters seems misplaced here. I think it belongs in History of textiles. If there are no objections I'll move it there in about a week. Jodosma ( talk) 23:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
The definitions in the opening paragraph of the article are very narrow in scope. For example, to characterize all textiles as "woven", is misleading, as it is misleading to define yarn without including the mention of fibers that rise from extrusion. Even if the whole article is to be rewritten, could some short term improvement of the first paragraph be done until then? Cobaltcanarycherry ( talk) 03:46, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
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Blended fabric redirects to here but does not end in any specific subtopic. It is not explained or defined. -- Manorainjan 09:23, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm proposing merging Clothing material into this article. Clothing material has no references and the material discussed could easily be folded into Textile. Leschnei ( talk) 22:57, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Since there's clearly no consensus on this, I'll leave it as is and remove the merge templates. Perhaps adding material to Textile and Clothing, and converting Clothing material to a redirect (all suggested above-thanks) would be the best answer. Leschnei ( talk) 13:08, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
What - no mention of stuff? nor how it is of the same root as the German stoff? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.148.36.42 ( talk) 20:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia has no article on woven roving, which predates the invention of spread tow fabric. I have seen it as fibreglass textiles used in layup fabrication. Are there significant differences between the two? Just plain Bill ( talk) 12:10, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Rajiv Please explain how this reference supports the text. Thanks. - Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 14:59, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
Before the 18th century, textile goods were synonym with piece-goods because of certain limitations of resources and trading systems. We can not forget the role of Draper, cloth merchants and mercery. I have added a section in the subject article with the name piece goods. Kindly review and advise to elaborate. Thanks and regards RAJIVVASUDEV ( talk) 02:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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The section started out as a standalone article about piecegoods, defined as cloth sold in fixed lengths. This didn’t agree with the definition in the two definitions cited, which was cloth supplied in bolts and sold in lengths requested by the customer. The content of the article followed the unsupported definition, and was about cloth manufactured in small pieces. It implied that manufacture of piecegoods had ceased in the 19th century as a result of improvements in weaving technology, while citing a source discussing proposed tariffs on piecegoods in 1937.
Once the definition was changed to one supported by the cited sources pretty much all the content was irrelevant to it. The central premise of much of it, which was that manufacture of piecegoods had ceased as a result of changing technology, is clearly wrong, cloth is still supplied in bolts and sold in from them in lengths as required. As a result of this the article was redirected here, as an appropriate redirection for cloth sold by length. The article has now been copied and pasted to this article pretty much intact, and has now also been pasted to this talk page (is this really necessary, or even appropriate?).
The sourcing, as far as I can tell, is dubious in other ways. For example the source cited to support the sentence saying that the invention of Kay’s flying shuttle “led to wider width handloom woven fabrics” says nothing of the sort; it says that the flying shuttle speeded up the weaving process and enabled a broadcloth loom to be operated by a single weaver instead of two. Even if this could be sourced it’s not clear how an increase in width is relevant to the fortunes of cloth sold by length. This sort of incoherence is one of the reasons it was redirected, there just doesn’t seem to be a coherent article to be made here. It was mostly about changing manufacturing technology, not piecegoods.
It looks as if what RAJIVVASUDEV actually wants to write about is handlooming, and the effect on this of improved technology. It might be appropriate to have an article about this, from some of the sources I’ve seen cited it seems that handlooming is of cultural significance, and it has in the past been of economic significance, but the article would have to be carefully researched and adequately sourced. If RAJIVVASUDEV is to create such an article I suggest that it should start as a draft and only be moved to mainspace when ready. Brunton ( talk) 19:16, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
Before the 18th century, a maximum of textiles were produced and traded in the form of piece-goods only. ( Piece goods, yard goods) were the fabrics sold by length. [1] The term was commonly used in the cloth trade for a various specified length (pieces) of cloth rolls. It comprehends several qualities mostly cotton [2] such as calicos, long cloth, etc. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
There were various reasons for producing and trading textiles in piece goods; some were the infrastructure, resources, and trading system of that time, which was not allowing to produce the cloth in larger roll sizes what machines are producing today.
In pre- industrialization, most textile materials were handspun and handwoven and produced on handlooms, and unlike today the goods were then made in smaller pieces. The dimensions (length and width) was varied with the size of looms, material, and weavers. [10] [11] [9]
The flying shuttle invention by John Kay in 1733 had led to wider width handloom woven fabrics. [12] However, improvements in spinning technology during the Industrial Revolution created cotton yarn of sufficient strength to be used in mechanized weaving. The limitations of the vertical length size of the cloths overcame with early developments in looms such as warp-weighted loom and powerlooms. [13] [14]
Exports of piece-goods is recorded since the time of the Mughals. [15] And it continued until the 19th century. In 1878, textile piece goods were discussed substantially as an item of export and Import from various destinations of India. [16] Drapers [17] and Cloth merchants were trading different textile in the form of piece-goods. [18]
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It is more helpful to know about historical terms for a reader.@ Roxy the dog , kindly do not remove the sourced information. RV ( talk) 09:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@ Roxy the dog You have removed a sourced information[ [2]] with this ed sum Nonsense. textiles for transmitting info. hahahaha. Can you explain the reason? RV ( talk) 15:07, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
A textile is a flexible material made by creating an interlocking network of yarns or threads, which are produced by spinning raw fibres (from either natural or synthetic sources) into long and twisted lengths.Textiles are then formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, tatting, felting, bonding, or braiding these yarns together.
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Can you write fashion as a type of clothing 41.217.55.121 ( talk) 19:37, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hi all! In an article Sulfur someone wrote a sentence: "The high disulfide bond content of hair and feathers contributes to their indigestibility and to their characteristic disagreeable odor when burned.[citation needed]" A little investigation on Google gave no citation which is suitable for that statement in context of the article. But there is a bunch of search results pointing on "Burn test of fabrics". Don't you want to add this information to Treatments subsection? I'm going to remove the mentioned statement from the Sulfur article. Tosha Langue ( talk) 10:05, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
§ Handling of edit-warring behaviors. @ Roxy the dog Your recent attempts to vandalize this page have been reversed. Stop your nonsense because there is no denying the link between textiles, wet processing, and water consumption. Keeping the readers in mind, the section deserves a place in the article. And let me do that. You are welcome to discuss this here. Do not revert the edits, especially when they belong to a reliable source.. RV ( talk) 13:12, 7 January 2023 (UTC) or You may want to try WP:BRD to resolve your problem. Open a talk page section and justify how water, wet processing and associated impacts are not linked, to show why the disputed section is justified in that position. RV ( talk) 12:11, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
In section Health impacts, there is copy and paste edit Chemicals use, advantage and health impacts, copy and paste edit from Chemical finishing of textiles. For attribution see page history. Thanks RV ( talk) 12:52, 7 January 2023 (UTC)