What is Sewing Thread?
What is tex size number?
What is linear density?
What is grey thread?
What is cotton count?
What is denier?
What is linen count?
What is worsted count?
What is metric count?
What is yarn number?
What is yarn numbering system?
What is indirect yarn numbering
system?
What are conversion factors
for various numbering systems?
What is Sewing Thread?
Sewing thread – a small diameter yarn or twisted
strand, usually treated with a surface coating
or lubricant or both , intended to be used
to stitch one or more pieces of material or
an object to a material.
What is tex size
number?
Tex size number – the number assignes to a
sewing thread to designate its approximate
linear density. The tex number is an indicator
of the minimum amount of fibre present. The
smaller the number, the finer the thread (
lesser amount of fibre); and the larger the
number , the coarser the thread (greater amount
of fibre)
What is linear
density?
Linear density – mass per unit length; the
quotient obtained by dividing the mass of
a fibre or yarn by its length.
What is grey
thread?
Grey thread – unfinished sewing thread after
final twisting or an equivalent step in a
processing sequence such as extruding, texturing
or braiding.
What is cotton
count?
Cotton count – the number of 840 yard lenghts
of yarn per pound; an indirect yarn numbering
system generally used for yarns/threads spun
on the cotton system.
What is denier?
Denier – a direct yarn numbering system for
expressing linear density, equal to the mass
in grams per 9000m yarn. Filament, fibre or
other textile strand.
What is linen
count?
Linen count – the number of 300 yard lenghts
of yarn per pound; an indirect yarn numbering
system.
What is worsted
count?
Worsted count – the number of 560 yard lenghts
of yarn per pound; an indirect yarn numbering
system generally used for yarns spun on the
worsted system.
What is metric
count?
Metric count – the number of metres of yarn
per gram; an indirect yarnnumbering system.
What is yarn
number?
Yarn number – a measure of the fineness or
size of a yarn exressed either as ‘mass per
unit length’
Or length per unit mass depending upon the
yarn numbering system used.
What is yarn
numbering system?
Yarn numbering system – a system expressing
the size of a yarn as a relation ship between
its length and associated mass.
What is indirect
yarn numbering system?
Indirect yarn numbering system – a system
that expresses yarn number in length per unit
mass or reciprocal of linear density.
What are conversion
factors for various numbering systems?
