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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 construction:
An indication of the number of singles yarns combined to form a plied
or heathered yarn.
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 denier:
The total weight in grams of 9,000 meters of a filament yarn bundle. Common
commercial carpet yarn deniers range from ~1,200d to 5,000d.
Yarn dyeing:
Applying colour to yarns that are later used in making carpet. It can be
in continuous yarn dyeing methods such as space dyeing or 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 that
indicates 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.
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