Blend (textile)

A blend is a mixture of two or more fibers. In yarn spinning, different compositions, lengths, diameters, or colors may be combined to create a blend.[1] Blended textiles are fabrics or yarns produced with a combination of two or more types of different fibers, or yarns to obtain desired traits and aesthetics. Blending is possible at various stages of textile manufacturing.[2] The term, blend, refers to spun fibers or a fabric composed of such fibers.[1][3] There are several synonymous terms: a combination yarn is made up of two strands of different fibers twisted together to form a ply;[1] a mixture or mixed cloth refers to blended cloths in which different types of yarns are used in warp and weft sides.[4][5]

Union or union fabric was a 19th century term for a blended fabric. It is no longer used.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Hollen, Norma Rosamond (1979). Textiles. New York: Macmillan. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-02-356130-6.
  2. ^ Barnett, Anne (1997). Examining Textiles Technology. Heinemann. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-435-42104-5.
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  4. ^ Kadolph, Sara J. (1998). Textiles. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-13-494592-7.
  5. ^ Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. New York: Fairchild Publications. 1959. p. 355.
  6. ^ Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. New York; London: Norton. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.