Fiber Talk

A new range of fabrics to explore and choose from

Unnati Silks has in recent months been experimenting in new designs and fresh styles for many of its lines of clothing. It could be the silk or cotton saree, the pure handloom cotton salwar suits, ...

Types of Woven Fabrics – universally used fabric names

Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by inte...

Getting to know about Yarn, the raw material for the fabrics we wear

As per the English Dictionary: Yarn has been defined as ‘a continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibres, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting’. Fibre or Thread ...

Plain Weave – Simple, straight forward constructions in fabric thread arrangement

Fabrics are very much part of our daily life, from deciding what we will be wearing at different times of the day, to the occasion wear and the sensations for those exclusive parties, not to mentio...

Counted Thread Embroidery – technique in thread work akin to an art

What is embroidery?Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.  By the way, a craft or trade is a pastime or a profession that requires p...

Recycling nylon is good for the planet – more needs to be done

Just a few years ago, a company formed by three individuals decided that it would be making skateboards and sunglasses from recycled nylon. They were basing their efforts upon “trash” floating in ...

The Story of Silk – Part 2

Silk has a miniscule percentage of the global textile fibre market—less than 0.2%. This figure, however, is misleading, since the actual trading value of silk and silk products is much more impress...

The Story of silk-Part 1

The fibre that conjures up an idea of lustre and smoothness, Silk has always been considered luxurious and costly, the queen of textiles. A protein fiber, similar to wool or to human hair, it packs...

Linen or Hemp - excellent quality fibre fabrics – which would you prefer?

For starters, both hemp and flax (from which linen is derived) are made from fibers found in the stems of plants, and both are very laborious to produce. The strength and quality of both fibers are...

Hemp - a new and exciting fibre for Indian fabrics

Hemp is the new, exciting and happening thing to be seen in the world of Indian fabrics. Yet to gain a momentum , it promises tremendous potential in the coming years. For a fabric that in many way...