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Wool Fabric Weaves

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Wool Fabric Weaves

 

Find all Wool fabric weaves with swatches: Beaver cloth, Challis, Botany/Merino wool, Broadcloth, Cheviot, Chinchilla cloth, Donegal, Felt, Flannel, Gabardine, Glen checks, Herringbone wool.

 

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Beaver Cloth
 

 
Beaver cloth is a heavy-woolen overcoating, napped and pressed down to resemble beaver fur. This fabric is also used for hats.



Challis
 

Challis, a soft light weight wool in plain weave, has a printed or woven design.

Botany/Merino
 

Botany/Merino wool is a fine wool made from worsted wool yarn.


Broadcloth
 

 Broadcloth is woolen or worsted fabric with a velvety feel.


 


Cheviot
 

Cheviot, usually Scotch wool is a soft and fine wool that is heavier than serge

Chinchilla cloth
 

 

Chinchilla cloth is a heavy, spongy woolen overcoat fabric with a long nap that has been rubbed into a curly, nubby finish

Donegal
 

 

Donegal was originally a thick and warm homespun or tweed woven by Irish peasants in Donegal, Ireland. Donegal now describes the wool tweed that has colorful thick slubs woven into the fabric

Felt
 

 

 Felt fabric is a compact sheet of entangled, not woven wool, fur, sometimes cotton fibers. The felt is produced by processing a mat of fibers with heat, pressure and moisture.

Flannel wool
 

 

Flannel wool is a lightweight, soft fabric with a nap on one or both sides

Gabardine
 

Gabardine is a tightly woven wool twill with a high sheen. This fabric is excellent for tailoring.


 Glen Checks
 

 Glen checks originated in Scotland are usually seen in menswear .Iis characterized by a variety of small,even check designs.

 


Herringbone wool
 

 

Herringbone wool is woven in a twill that is reversed at regular spacing, creating a sawtooth line.

 

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