| ICE COLOURS |
See Azoic dyes
and Azoic dyeing. |
| ICELAND WOOL |
The wool from Iceland
sheep |
| IDENTIFICATION
TEST |
A procedure involved
in determining facts about textiles, such as kind of fibres,
yarns, construction, finish, and colouring. |
| IGNITION |
The initiation
of combustion. |
| IHRAM |
A white cotton
cloth devoid of needlework, worn by pilgrims to Mecca. |
| IKAT DYEING |
A process of dyeing
originated in Indonesia and Malaysia in which a warp is
dyed to a pattern through the use of resist agent. |
| IKAT FABRIC |
Fabric made from
ikat dyed materials |
| ILLUMINATED DISCHARGE |
See Colour discharge
printing |
| ILLUMINATION |
In lighting, the
density or flux of light on a unit area of surface. |
| ILOCANO CLOTH |
A bright coloured,
striped or checked, cotton fabric woven in Philippines |
| IMBERLINE STRIPE |
A fabric, woven
in one piece but appearing to be composed of a series
of different strips joined by gold and silk galloon. |
| IMBIBITION |
A measure of a
textile material's ability to hold liquid. |
| IMBROCADO |
A silver or gold
trimming fabric. |
| IMITATION MOCK
GAUZE |
See Perforated
weave. |
| IMITATION SILK |
A term occasionally
used in the past for mercerised cotton yarn and rayon. |
| IMMATURE FIBRE |
See under Cotton
maturity |
| IMMEDIATE ELASTIC
DEFORMATION |
Recoverable deformation |
| IMMERSION TESTING |
A measure of the
properties of fibres, yarns or fabrics when saturated
with a liquid. |
| IMMUNIZED COTTON |
Cotton that has
been treated to resist ordinary cotton-dyes; the chemical
structure has been converted into an ester of cellulose. |
| IMPACT RESISTANCE |
The resistance
to fracture under the sudden application of an external
force. |
| IMPACT TEXTURING |
See under Texturing. |
| IMPERFECT SELVEDGES |
Fabric defect. |
| IMPERIAL CLOTH |
Coating fabric
of fine worsted in twill weave. |
| IMPERIAL SATEEN |
A heavily wefted
fabric |
| IMPREGNATED FABRIC |
A fabric in which
the interstices between the yarns are completely filled
with the impregnating compound |
| IMPREGNATED YARN |
A yarn in which
the interstices are filled with an impregnating compound. |
| IMPREGNATION |
The process of
treating a fabric with a functional compound. |
| IMPRESSION |
Surface unevenness
developed during pressing |
| IMPRESSION MARK |
See Emboss mark. |
| IN THE GRAY |
See Grey. |
| IN THE GREASE |
Wool as it is shorn
from the sheep; contains grease and other impurities. |
| IN THE GUM |
A natural, raw
silk |
| INCHES PER RACK |
Also called IPR.
In warp knitting, the length of fabric in one rack measured
on the machine under operating take-up tension. |
| INDANTHRENE |
An original vat
dye; identified by high colourfastness. |
| INDIA BLANKET |
All-wool, or woollen
filling blankets woven with characteristic American Indian
designs |
| INDIA CHINTZ |
A heavy, strong
chintz with large patterns used for upholstery. |
| INDIA PRINT |
Cotton fabric printed
with the characteristic native patterns in form and content |
| INDIA TAPE |
A plain weave,
narrow fabric, made from cotton |
| INDIAN ABUTILON |
A fine lustrous
white fibre, yielded from Abutilon graveolens, found in
South Asia and India, where it is abundant. |
| INDIAN COTTON |
A type of cotton
fibre. |
| INDIAN CRÊPE |
A cotton crêpe
of rough unfinished appearance, used for blouses, men's
shirts. |
| INDIAN DHURRIE |
Se Dhurrie |
| INDIAN EMBROIDERY |
Needlework done
by natives of India in characteristic oriental design. |
| INDIAN SILK |
Hand-loomed silk
fabric, not necessarily always made in India. |
| INDIGO |
Originally a natural
dyestuff extracted from the stems and leaves of Indigofera
tinctoria and Indigofera anil and woad plants. |
| INDIGOTIN |
The basic colouring
substance of indigo. |
| INDIRECT WARPING |
The transference
of yarn from a package creel |
| INDIRECT YARN NUMBERING
SYSTEM |
A system that expresses
yarn number in length per unit mass or the reciprocal
of linear density. |
| INDUSTRIAL CONSUMER |
See under Consumer |
| INDUSTRIAL NYLON |
Heavy-duty plain-weave
nylon fabric made in a limited range of colors |
| INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES |
Textile materials
and products intended for end-uses |
| INDUSTRIAL WIPING
CLOTH |
An absorbent fabric |
| INDUSTRIAL YARN |
A yarn composed
of continuous filaments, usually of high breaking tenacity |
| INDUSTRY PRODUCTS |
Products such as
furniture, pillows, comforters, sleeping bags, and wearing
apparel |
| INFLAMMABLE TEXTLE |
Use preferred term
Flammable textile. |
| INFORMATIVE LABEL |
Factual information
about the goods or garment |
| INFRARED RADIATION |
Radiant energy |
| INGRAIN CARPET |
A reversible coarse
carpeting woven on a jacquard loom accommodating up to
six coloured weft threads. |
| INGRAIN DYE |
A colourant, which
is formed, in situ, in the substrate by the development
and coupling of one or more intermediate compounds. |
| INGRAIN YARN |
Yarn, spun from
a mixture of fibres of different colours |
| INHERENT FLAME-RESISTANCE |
Flame resistance
that derives from an essential characteristic of the fibre |
| INHERENTLY FLAME-RESISTANT |
Fibre inherently
having the property of flame-resistance. |
| INHIBITOR |
Usually refers
to chemical agent applied to fabric, especially of acetate,
to inhibit gas fading. |
| INKING |
A process of dyeing
or touching up spots in a fabric |
| INKLE |
An old term for
narrow fabric. |
| INKLE LOOM |
A simple form of
narrow hand loom. |
| INLAY |
An extra seam allowance
inside the garment |
| INLAY PRINTING |
Embossing and printing
are combined in this process. |
| INORGANIC FIBRE |
Fibre spun from
inorganic material, |
| INSECT RESISTANCE |
The capability
to impede damage by insects. |
| INSECT SCREENING |
A woven netting
fabric of coated glass yarn |
| INSERTED SEAM |
A seam in which
a single or number of layers of fabric is inserted between
two others which are turned in. |
| INSERTED SELVEDGE |
See under Selvedge. |
| INSERTION |
Lace, embroidey
or other needlework |
| INSERTION BANDED
LACES |
See under Banded
laces. |
| INSERTION BRAID |
A piping made by
a braiding machine |
| INSERTION LACE |
Usually narrow
and often with slits for threading ribbon through |
| INSIDE SEAM |
A seam formed in
which the completed seam allowance is located on the interior
of the object, usually on the backside of the fabric |
| INSIDE-LEG LENGTH |
Garment-related
term. |
| INSOLUBLE SOIL |
Impurity or contamination,
especially carbon particles, that may become embedded
in the fibres. |
| INSOLUBLIZING |
A process referring
to the coupling of dyes |
| INSPECTION |
Activity such as
measuring, examining, testing, gauging one or more characteristics
of a product or service |
| INSTITUTIONAL CONSUMER |
See under Consumer. |
| INSTRON TENSILE
TESTER |
An electronic testing
equipment for a broad range of materials under varied
testing conditions. |
| INSULATING TAPE |
A narrow fabric
used in the manufacture of electrical equipment. |
| INSULATION FINISH |
Curtain and lining
fabrics can have fine metallic powder bonded to the surface. |
| INSULATION TAPE |
A woven fabric,
impregnated with a non-conducting adhesive |
| INTAGLIO |
In printing, a
design or line cut into a surface of printing cylinder |
| INTANGLIO |
Engraving in which
design to be printed is cut below surface of printing
cylinder. |
| INTARSIA |
A knitted fabric
in which there are solid areas of colour patterning. |
| INTEGRAL GARMENT |
All knitted garments
are classified into four classes according to general
production methods; Fully cut, Stitch shaped cut, Fully
fashioned and Integral. |
| INTEGRAL KNITTED
GARMENTS |
See Integral garments |
| INTEGRATED MILL |
A textile mill
which has a complete series of operations to produce fabric
from the fibrous raw material. |
| INTEGUMENT |
In sericulture,
refers to the covering of the silkworm's body. |
| INTERCHANGING DOUBLE
CLOTH |
See under Double
cloth. |
| INTERFACING |
Woven or non-woven
fabrics used to give body to certain areas of a garment. |
| INTERLACED YARN |
See Intermingled
yarn. |
| INTERLINING |
Any textile which
is intended for incorporation into an article of wearing
apparel |
| INTERLOCK |
A double-faced
rib-based structure consisting of two 1x1 rib fabrics
joined by interlocking sinker loops, it is made on machines
equipped with two sets of opposed needles |
| INTERLOCK GAITING |
See under Gating. |
| INTERLOCK STITCHES |
A versatile group
of stitch types forming flat seams. |
| INTERMEDIATE COTTONS |
An intermediate
classification for cotton staple between short and long
staple (actually overlapped by both). |
| INTERMEDIATES |
See Yarn intermediates. |
| INTERMINGLED YARN |
Sometimes called
Interlaced yarn. A multifilament yarn in which cohesion
is imparted to the filament bundle by entwining the filaments
instead of or in addition to twisting. |
| INTERMINGLING JET |
An air-operated
device used as an ancillary to some processes of yarn
extrusion, of drawing and of texturing |
| INTERNATIONAL FIBRE
DESCRIPTION |
See Table: 'International
fabric description'. |
| INTERNATIONAL UNIT
SYSTEM (SI) |
To simplify international
co-operation in all sectors of industry and commerce,
the SI unit system (SI = Systeme International d' Unites)
was established. |
| INTERNATIONALGREYSCALE |
A comparative standard)
scale used to rate degrees of colour |
| INTERWEOVEN YARN |
Same as Interlaced
yarn |
| INTIMATE BLEND |
Combining two or
more different fibre types |
| INTRINSIC CLO |
See Clo. |
| INTURNED WELT |
See under Welt. |
| INVISIBLE WASTE |
Weight loss due
to dust, moisture, loose fibres, etc., carried away by
the air. |
| INVOICE MASS |
The mass, however
determined, of a consignment of a textile material |
| INWROUGHT |
A decoration, design
or pattern worked into a fabric so as to be a part of
the cloth |
| IONOMER |
A polymer characterized
by covalent bonds |
| IPR |
See Inches per
rack |
| IRIDESCENT EFFECT |
See Inches per
rack |
| IRIDESCENT FABRIC |
A fabric with changeable
colour or shot effects. |
| IRISH FINISH |
A finish given
to cotton fabric to imitate linen. |
| IRISH LACE |
Term to describe
a heavy crochet lace with looped edges. |
| IRISH LAWN |
A lawn fabric produced
from fine linen yarns. |
| IRISH LINEN |
YARN. 100 % flax
yarn spun in Ireland |
| IRISH POPLIN |
A poplin made from
a dyed pure silk organzine warp and a three-fold genapped
fine worsted weft. |
| IRISH TWEED |
White warp and
dark shade weft of blue, grey, brown, or black feature
this popular, rugged menswear fabric |
| IRON LIQUOR |
See Acetate of
iron. |
| IRON YARN |
A smooth, stiff,
cotton yarn which has been starched and glazed |
| IRON-ON CANVAS
INTERFACINGS |
An iron-on woven
canvas does not give the shaping advantages of the sew-in
varieties. |
| IRON-ON COTTON |
Soft cotton fabric,
almost like muslin, with adhesive granules on the wrong
side |
| IRONING |
A method of pressing
using a heated hand iron |
| IRONING + PRESSING
OF TEXTILE |
A process carried
out on a textile article to restore its shape and appearance |
| IRONPROOFING |
A treatment with
caustic soda given to certain acetate fabrics. |
| IRREGULAR SATIN
WEAVE |
A variation of
the satin weave |
| IRREGULARS |
Any article such
as hosiery, sheets, and towels, which contains slight
imperfections |
| IRRIGATED COTTON |
Cotton produced
in the arid areas by irrigation. |
| ISLANDS IN THE
SEA |
See under Bicomponent
fibres. |
| ITALIAN HEMSTITCHING |
A drawn fabric
stitch worked with alternating vertical and horizontal
stitches. |
| ITALIAN SILK |
Raw silk of good
grade |
ITARSI
ITARSI |
A term used for
Sunn. |
