Just about anything you can imagine might be used for textiles, from popular fibers like wool, silk and cotton to more exotic ones like bamboo, corn, milk, sea weed, soy, crab shells, wood, camel, buffalo, and even pet hair.
Fabrics are what materials (like cotton, wool, silk, etc.) are fabricated into (like denim, velvet, corduroy, chiffon, etc.)
Natural or synthetic fabrics..?
Check this link plenty of diffrent types of fabric here http://www.fabricuk.com/fabric_show_all.php
Velvet is a fabric. Cotton, wool, and silk are fibers. An easy way to remember is that fabrics are fabricated. Fibers are materials. Fibers and materials are fabricated into fabrics.
Helen Agnes Bray has written: 'Textile fibers and fabrics' -- subject(s): Textile fabrics '... Textile fibers, yarns, and fabrics' -- subject(s): Textile fabrics, Textile fibers, Yarn
J. W. S. Hearle has written: 'Structural mechanics of fibers, yarns, and fabrics' -- subject(s): Testing, Textile fabrics, Textile fibers 'Fibre structure' -- subject(s): Textile chemistry, Textile fibers 'Structural mechanics of fibers, yarns, and fabrics [by] J.W.S. Hearle, P. Grosberg [and] S. Backer' -- subject(s): Testing, Textile fibers, Textile industry and fabrics 'High-Performance Fibres'
you cant:( the fibers of shrunk fabrics permanently change
by bonding or felting fibers together.
nylon and plastics
Thos. R. Ashenhurst has written: 'A treatise on textile calculations and the structure of fabrics' -- subject(s): Textile fabrics, Textile research, Textile fibers, Standards 'A treatise on textile calculations and the structure of fabrics' -- subject(s): Textile fabrics, Textile research, Textile fibers, Standards
Many types fabrics absorb water. Cotton, wool, fleece, rayon, mettalic, etc! Hope this helps you!
Manufactured Fabrics are usually made of filaments extruded as liquid and formed into various fibers. These fabrics are Nylon, Polyester, Rayon, Spandex, Acrylic, Acetate and Lastex. Because the fiber starts as a liquid, many of the fibers are colored before they become filament, thus they are difficult to dye after the fiber is woven into a fabric.
luxurious fabrics
Not all fibers are textile fibers. Textile fibers are specifically used to make fabrics and clothing, while other types of fibers can be used for various purposes such as industrial applications, construction materials, or in food products.
Joseph V. Sherman has written: 'The new fibers' -- subject(s): Patents, Textile fibers, Textile industry and fabrics