Essays on Yarn

How has Aurora Textile performed over the past four years? Be prepared to provide financial ratios that present a clear picture of Aurora’s financial condition On the basis of financial statement overlook and the outcome of the financial ratios, we found that over the period of 1999-2002, the company’s financial performance was bearish. Moreover, just like the other companies in the industry, even the company had not considered the possible impact and consequently lost its financial standing. Beginning with the revenue figures, the amount has been decreasing consistently and plummeted from $245.90 million to $147.503 million by ...

Personal Branding

Personal Branding

The internet bridged connections between people, business, organizations, and countries. It is a key element when it comes to relationships and branding either individually or a group. Professionals are investing most of their time and resources in creating and managing their profile online through social media networks (Thompson, et al., 2008). Hence, the modern day professionalism has a lot more to it than what it was previously. Not only does the online presence cater for the professionalism, but individuals also use the space to promote their personal interest. It is a common trait for an individual to ...

Textile designer "Toshiko Horiuchi

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Introduction

Toshiko Horiuchi is one of the leading fiber artists of Japan who makes use of knitting and crochet. She is well known for her large, interactive environments made out of crochet and textile (Hosmer, 2012). It is an experience to be in those imaginative and vibrant explorations of color and form that create a thrilling play environments for the children. She studied fine art and weaving in Tokyo at the Tama Art University and later at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan (Hemmings, 2014). If one comes across a very cool ...

Chapter 6 Review

1- Define Biaxial Weaving? Biaxial Weaving is when the fiber tows that are brought together from two different sources on the loom. When the warp tows, they are unwound from the rack.2- Define Straight Grain and describe what can happen if the grain is not straight? A quality woven fabric is a straight grain. If the yarns do not interlace at 90 degrees, it will result is the bowing or skewing of the fabrics. The fabrics that are bowed, tend to sag and the fabrics that are skewed, tend to produce a lopsided or crooked appearance. 3- What is ...

Going through the book “Curious reader” I have come across very interesting issues I had no or less idea about. Among the articles I come across were:

Hodgman, Ann. “No wonder they call me a bitch“ The Curious Reader. (2009)

This is an informative article on various kinds of dog food. It’s a commentary essay on low nutritional and bad taste in the dog food quality. She describes and compares the bad taste of food with play Doh. She vividly ridiculous all the promotion advertisement slogans and tactics linked with dogs foods. Mainly she opposes all the strategies ...

Literature Review: Body Armor Overview

Literature Review: Body Armor Overview

- Body Armor: Introduction

- History

In modern times, security forces and military personnel use body armor to mitigate the likelihood of serious injury while engaged in their professional activities. However, the use of body armor is by no means a new phenomenon. From the earliest times that man developed weapons, he has also produced means of providing protection against weapons wielded by others, including the use of body armor. Early man used comparatively primitive methods, but as civilizations developed and techniques advanced, body armor evolved. Whilst the soldiers of ancient Greece used shields ...

Introduction

Today’s business environment needs fast and precise decision making. To achieve that, there must be up to date computing infrastructure and applications. Cloud systems have been a revolution in the last few years, the emergence and subsequent dominance of cloud computing has received massive support and adoption across a myriad of businesses. Additionally, a lot of research efforts and increased expertise in the information and communication sector has made technology a key driver of virtually all major businesses. It is in this light that a server-client solution has been explored for adaptation for a software solution that ought to be deployed for this firm. ...

When we hear about knitting, our mind usually draws a picture of an old lady, resting in an arm-chair, knitting socks for her grandchildren. But it is not actually true. This hobby is enjoying a revival today and a lot of young people can create real masterpieces. The first sample of real knitting, cotton socks, was made in Egypt in the beginning of Common Era. In the 16th century in Paris knitting was considered man-only occupation (en.wikipedia.org). Later it spread in the country, where people could easily get all they needed for knitting. Since then knitting has gone in and out ...

Trend could be defined as a general direction in which a particular item, subject or object tends to move. It could also be used to mean a style of doing things that would be currently acceptable as new and attracts everybody. That is, trend is a style that everybody would wish to be associated to. Trend prediction would, therefore, imply the ability of a person to be able to forecast a specific line in which a chosen field would likely to move in the foreseeable future. Burning fabric was a specific textile line whose trendy nature could also be predictable. The choice of color palettes could ...

Knitting is a process that makes clothes by using knitting needles and threads. Knitting is mainly done by hands, but machines are also used for knitting in the modern era. Rows of loops and stitches are used in the knitting process. Knitting is associated with making clothes for centuries, and there are various types of knitting that benefit human beings. This paper intends to discuss knitting and its history along with discussing various types of knitting and other related aspects of the subject. Knitting has a long history and has been exercising in different parts of the world. A number ...

The History of Cotton in America

Historically, the cotton production in the United States has experienced times of entrepreneurial developments from England’s cotton clothes and yarn. When the factories began operation, the price of cotton fell drastically to ensure affordability of the clothes by the poor people. The lowered price of cotton saw the rise of demand that necessitated England to demand more cotton. America at this era did not have a large base of cotton production until 1830 when the South started large-scale production of cotton. England benefited from 70 percent of this production while the rest remained in the nation for local production. ...

This proposal suggests the integration of domed shapes and sensor fabrics to construct multi-domed mazes with senor fabrics for children. Mazes are often a part of playground equipment for children but they are conventionally built as closed spaces with 90◦ C angles. Each space within the maze consists therefore is square or rectangular. A maze laid out with all corners the same angle can be boring as well as claustrophobic. Another disadvantage is that the person caring for the child may not fit in the maze but does not what is happening inside the maze with the child. This ...

Introduction

Pongee fabric is a soft thinly woven cloth. It is usually a plain weave of light–medium weight fabric that has slubs (small lumps of yarns) on the surface and comes in natural light tan color. The slubs cause pongee to have a warm feel on the skin. Pongees originated in the 16th century from China along the banks of the Yangtze River in Sichuan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces where it was usually home woven (Datta & Nanavaty, 2007). Some places in Japan such as Kyoto and Joshu can also be credited with the invention of the pongee (Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama ...

This study revealed that Kevlar and Kevlar/wool fabric thermal properties. The effect of fabric physical properties on thermal comfort was analyzed. The tests conducted on moisture management techniques were: sweating guarded hot plate (SGHP), moisture management tester, and surface tester. A conclusion for the paper is given which recommends the use of Kevlar and Kevlar/wool in the textile industry. The report examines the different thermal properties of Kevlar A363 and Kevlar/wool in an effort to determine which fabric is best suited for different weather conditions. In addition, the tests carried out shows clearly the difference in thermal properties of ...

Embroidery is the skill of fabric decoration or other materials with a filament/yarn using a needle. Pearls metal strips, beads, sequins and quills are also used as materials for doing the decoration of garments. The art of fabric decoration is highly used in making caps, golf shirts, coats, blankets, dress skirts and many more. Yarn or threads have been used widely in the art of embroidery. The embroidery aspect has vital techniques or stitches of making holes in the button areas, or a running stitch, stitch used in making blankets, cross stitch and a stitch called satin and the elemental techniques of hand ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Special designs have been made to suit various sports. This is important as it plays an important role in sports performance. Companies have resorted to good quality textile materials to design sportswear clothing. Sportsmen should wear comfortable costumes for them to perform well in their competition. When designing sportswear, the market has to be identified first. That is the design to be used, the materials required and footwear. The fabrics available should also be identified. The comfort of the wearer is also considered as this affects performance.

History of polymers

Polymers have been used for centuries to manufacture plastics. Due to advance ...

Textile is one of the products of utmost importance to human beings. Textile refers to a cloth or a fabric that is woven, knitted, or manufactured. It consists of a network of artificial or natural fibres called yarn or thread. Natural fibres are obtained from cotton and wool among others. This article deeply examines cotton as one of the natural fibres. Cotton grows in protective capsule or boll around the cotton plant seeds. It is soft and fluffy. Cotton plant is native to both subtropical and tropical regions since it is a shrub. Cotton species are most diverse in Mexico, Australia Africa. ...

‘Joyas Voladores’ – Brian Doyle

I thought this was a superb piece of writing. Doyle’s description of the hummingbird’s engaging and well-written. In the first paragraph, after the opening sentence, he starts three short sentences with the phrase ‘A hummingbird’s heart is...’ – a technique called anaphora. He then finishes the paragraph with one very long sentence full of vivid verbs – “whirring...zooming...nectaring...hammering.” He uses anaphora at the start of the second paragraph too – “They can...” and the long list of the exotic and mysterious names of different types of hummingbirds adds an element of what is almost poetry to the essay. He then goes ...

Stevenson Garment Dyers

Stevensons Garment Dyers was established in 1865 and it has been in operation since then. It is located on Amber River in Derbyshire on a 17-acre piece of land. To-date, it is among the top dying facilities in Europe. For a good number of years it was part of Coats Viyella (CV) Group. Initially, the company mainly dyed knitwear, woven fabrics, and hosiery. Recently, the company focuses on the technical knitwear requirements perhaps because this CV business area seemed to be difficult in moving offshore. However, CV pulled out of manufacturing garments in 2011 selling off its knitwear interests. This led ...