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Yarn

A continuous strand of fibres used in tufting, weaving and bonding to form carpet and other fabrics. Carpet yarn is often plied and may be either spun staple or continuous filament.

Yarn count

A number used to describe the size of the yarn. Denier is used for BCF yarns, and cotton count for spun yarns.

Yarn dyeing

Applying colour to yarns which are later used in making carpet. It can be in continuous yarn dyeing methods such as space dyeing or can be in batch methods such as skein dyeing.

Yarn ply

(See "Ply.")

Yarn size

The weight measure of the total bundle of filaments making up a yarn which indicate if the yarn is fine or coarse. Continuous filament yarns are sized by the denier or decitex system. Spun yarns are sized by the cotton count system. (See "Denier"or "Cotton count.")

Yarn weight

Total amount of yarn used in the manufacturing of carpet. It is measured in ounces per square yard.