What is the difference between staple yarn and filament yarn including their textures?

Answer 1

Generally, thread is ultra fine fiber that can be passed through a sewing needle eye. To confuse matters, there is a yarn weight called 'thread weight', which is about the same weight as sewing thread.

Otherwise yarn weights are all larger than thread: the diameter of the fiber is larger.

Answer 2

According to Wikipedia, fibre is "... a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces...". Both plants and animals contain fibre.


Unprocessed, fibre is the result of removing whatever 'glue' keeps the fibres together. For example, paper is made from wood fibre from which the lignin has been removed, either chemically or mechanically.

As well, yarn is made from the fibre harvested from animals' coats, whether sheep, goats or rabbits, etc.; or is harvested from plants, whether flax or cotton, etc.

Until the fibre is 'processed', i.e., cleaned, carded and spun, it cannot be used for crocheting, knitting or other handcraft.

Once the fibre is processed, it can be spun into yarn, matted for felting and otherwise used as a raw material in crafts.

Answer 3

Filament yarn is produced in one long thread like silk, and is usually very smooth and strong. Staple yarn is made by spinning short lengths together as we do for cotton and wool. The strength and texture are affected by the length of the staple, short staples producing softer and weaker yarn.

Answer 4

In the criteria of size yarn is thick compare to thread,thread use as a pick or weft for weaving reed.