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ATMA Apparel & Textile Merchandising Academy

Glossary

What is Stretch woven?

A woven fabric with a small percentage of a stretch fibre, such as elastane, added to give it comfort stretch, unlike a plain woven with no added stretch yarn.

This term in other languages

Arabicنسيج مطاطي
FrenchTissé extensible
TurkishEsnek dokuma

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Warp and weft: which yarns go which way and why it matters for strength and stretch

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