Wednesday March 3: Fibers and Yarns


assignment due: "hello world" fabric PCB
materials: fibers and yarns
techniques: spinning, metal wrapping, wire extrusion, etc.
fiber & yarn terminology, measurement units and methods
assignment: yarn

slides: Fiber.pdf, Yarn.pdf

reading
Kadolph, S. (2007), Textiles (10th Edition), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Chapters 3-11
wikipedia entry on textile measurements
textile measurement converter