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What lies behind FSC
Short answer: FSC is a label for wood and plant material that concerns how the forest or plantation is managed. On ba...
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What lies behind OEKO-TEX
Short answer: OEKO-TEX is a system of labels about which substances may remain in the finished textile. The most wide...
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What hygroscopic means
Short answer: Hygroscopic means that a material absorbs moisture from the air around it. Plant-based fibres are hygro...
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What moisture transport means
Short answer: Moisture transport is a fabric's ability to move sweat away from the skin and out to the surface, where...
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What breathability covers
Short answer: Breathability is a fabric's ability to let air and water vapour through. A breathable fabric lets sweat...
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What it means when a fabric has good handle
Short answer: Handfeel is the overall impression a fabric gives in the hand. It covers softness, smoothness, weight a...
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What drape means about a fabric
Short answer: Drape is how a fabric falls when it hangs freely. A fabric with good drape falls in soft vertical folds...
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What pilling means
Short answer: Pilling is the small balls of fibre that gather on the surface of a fabric. They form through rubbing, ...
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What pre shrunk means
Short answer: Pre-shrunk means the fabric was shrunk at the factory before the garment was sewn. That is why it shrin...
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What mercerised means
Short answer: Mercerised means the yarn has been treated with a lye that makes the fibres swell and become round. The...
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What coverstitch means
Short answer: Coverlock is a seam with two or three parallel rows of stitching on the front and a covering thread on ...
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What overlock means
Short answer: Overlock is a seam that sews the fabric edge together and finishes it at the same time, so it does not ...
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