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  • 121Milliskin — is a type of fabric commonly used to make tights and dance leotards. It was used to make the Superman costume in the movie Superman Returns (2006) See also [1]. Milliskin is characterized by being very light, thin, and stretchy …

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  • 122Net (textile) — This article is about the fabric called net or netting. For other meanings of net, see Net (disambiguation). Net or netting is any textile in which the warp and weft yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections, resulting in a fabric with… …

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  • 123Heatsetting — Heat setting is a term used in the textile industry to describe a thermal process taking place mostly in either a steam atmosphere or a dry heat environment. The effect of the process gives fibers, yarns or fabric dimensional stability and, very… …

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  • 124Decatising — or decatizing, also known as crabbing, blowing, and decating, is the process of making permanent a textile finish on a cloth, so that it does not shrink during garment making.[1][2][3] The word comes from the French décatir, which means to remove …

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  • 125Woodblock printing on textiles — is the process of printing patterns on textiles, usually of linen, cotton or silk, by means of incised wooden blocks. It is the earliest, simplest and slowest of all methods of textile printing. Block printing by hand is a slow process it is,… …

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  • 126Jersey (fabric) — For other uses, see Jersey (disambiguation). Jersey is a knit fabric used predominantly for clothing manufacture. It was originally made of wool, but is now made of wool, cotton, and synthetic fibres. Since medieval times Jersey, Channel Islands …

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  • 127Darlexx — is a product of the Shawmut Corporation, sometimes referred to generically as darlex. It is made from two layers of Spandex fused together with a thin layer of rubber in between. It is an omni directional warp knit fabric laminated to a… …

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  • 128Direct to garment printing — Direct to garment printing, also known as DTG printing, digital garment printing and inkjet to garment printing, is a process of printing on textiles and garments using specialized or modified inkjet technology. The two key requirements of a DTG… …

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