Textile

:This article is about the type of material. Textile is also a jargon term used by naturists or nudists to describe a person who wears clothes. Textile is also a kind of ReStructured Text.

Production methods

• Braiding/Plaiting
• Crochet – usually by hand.
• Felt – fibres are matted together to produce a cloth.
• Knitting – by hand or on knitting machines (see stocking frame).
• Knotting, including macrame: used in making nets.
• Lace – again both hand made and machine made.
• Pile fabrics – carpets and some rugs
• Velvet, velveteen, plush fabrics and similar have a secondary set of yarns which provide a pile.
• Weaving – the cloth is prepared on a loom, of which there are a number of types. Some weaving is still done by hand, but the vast majority is mechanised.