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Textile Update
by Gwendolyn Hustvedt
TextileUpdate is an educational podcast about textiles with a special emphasis on textile science. What began as a podcast for university students taken from lecture recordings has expanded to special content about current issues in textiles. With a focus on sustainability, we cover technology, history, design and scientific principles behind textile performance.
Episodes
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Cotton and Sustainability 2
How will changes in water availability impact the sustainability of cotton? With climate change, we see some changes in how much and what quality of water is available in different regions of the globe. Places that used to depend on rain to grow their crops might see less in the future while…
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Cotton and Sustainability 1
Cotton is a popular fiber and this makes it a popular topic for research and development for sustainability. In this episode, I discuss the difference between conventional and organic agriculture in the United States and how this might impact the sustainability of cotton. My goal is to introduce...
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Season 4 Introduction
I haven’t started a new season of this podcast, which is a companion to my Textiles course at Texas State University because the course is complete. However, I know that some people are looking for a recent episode to decide if the podcast is worth the listen. I will also be uploading two…
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Season 3 Introduction
I start a new season of the podcast with each new session of my Textiles course. Rather than make students go back in time, I duplicate episodes from previous seasons, and put them in the proper order. Season 3 will start on January 20th, but I am going to release the first episode, on Fiber...
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Functional Finishes B
Water, stains, we can repel them all! Radiation, Fire, no problem!
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Functional Finishes A
Changing the properties of textiles is the goal of functional finishing.
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Aesthetic Finishes B
Besides Luster and Hand, we can change the Design or Texture of fabrics.
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Aesthetics Finishes A
Aesthetic finishes are used to change the look or feel of fabric by changing the luster or the hand.
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Routine Finishes
Routine finishes include bleaching, ironing and tentering.
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Printing C
Printing and dyeing can have some quality issues that it is helpful to understand.
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Printing B
Direct printing also includes screen printing and inkjet printing while indirect printing solves a problem we have since the invention of synthetic polymers.
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Printing A
The methods used for printing have developed over time.
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Dyeing C
We can dye at different stages during the production process. We can use dyes to make designs in a process called “resist printing”.
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Dyeing B
How do we improve the affinity of dyes for fibers?
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Dyeing A
We give color to textiles using dyes and pigments.
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Nonyarn C
We don’t need to use fibers to make nonyarn fabrics, we can just use polymers in solution or look to nature.
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Nonyarn B
The nonyarn fabrics usually have fairly descriptive names.
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Nonyarn A
We can make fabrics without using yarns.
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Knits C
Weft and warp knits don’t have warp or weft yarns, but they do go in different directions. The warp knits include tricot and raschel knits.
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Knits B
The weft knits include jersey, rib and purl knits.
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Knits A
Knits are far newer than wovens and borrow vocabulary from wovens.
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Fancy Weaves D
Double cloths can use 3, 4 or 5 yarns instead of the usual two. Textured weaves, on the other hand, stick to familiar methods to create a subtle pebbly surface.
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Fancy Weaves C
Pile weaves can be made in so many ways and produce so many fabrics, including velvet, velveteen and corduroy. Plus, let’s dig into carpet!
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Fancy Weaves B
The Jacquard Weave is pretty fancy, while the Leno weave is pretty dull looking.
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Fancy Weaves A
The Dobby weave was very popular for several hundred years and remains a great choice for interiors.
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Basic Weaves B
The basket weave, twill weave and satin weave are three other types of basic weaves, although the basket weave is actually a plain weave too.
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Basic Weaves A
The Basic Weaves start with plain weaves but this is the most diverse category of weaves, despite the plain wrapper.
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Fabrication B
What sort of properties are built into fabric during weaving and how can we identify them to help us differentiate fabric?
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Fabrication A
We make fabrics using several methods, but we will focus on weaving for now. How do looms work?
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Yarns C
Novelty yarns are just faancy!
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Yarns A
What is up with the Venus de Milo? She isn’t Venus! But we love Goddesses of Spinning and Weaving, like Athena, just as much as the Goddess of Love. Spinning was the foundation of several ancient trade cultures.
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Synthetic Fibers B
The Olefin polymer family goes by many other names, but Acrylic is famous for just being itself, and for being our nails!
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Synthetic Fibers A
The first synthetic fiber was nylon followed by polyester, both inveted by scientists at Dupont.
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Regenerated Fibers B
The late 10th century brought an eco-friendly player to the regenerated fiber scene, the generic name for this innovated fiber is lyocell. Oh, we also talk about Acetate, a modified cellulose regenerated fiber.
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Regenerated Fibers A
The regenerated fibers are “manually” made. Manufacturing fibers from naturally concurring polymers, such as cellulose, is a major accomplishment of the 20th century.
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Manufacturing Fibers B
We can modify manufactured fibers by adding compounds to the “dope”, we can change their size and cross section, we can add a crimp.
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Manufacturing Fibers A
Manufacturing fibers involved either using naturally occurring polymers or synthesizing polymers in the laboratory.
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Cellulose Fibers D
The minor cellulosic fibers include Hemp, Kenaf, Coir and Abaca. Isn’t this fun?
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Cellulose Fibers C
Linen is an ancient fiber with an ancient vocabulary.
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Cellulose Fibers B
Cotton is King and with good reason
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Cellulose Fibers A
What are the good and bad properties of fibers made from cellulose?
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Protein Fibers D
Silk is another important protein fiber that has a totally different history and set of properties, despite also being made from polymers of amino acids.
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Protein Fibers C
The specialty hair fibers include mohair, cashmere and camel, just to name a few.
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Protein Fibers B
This double length episode of the podcast focuses completely on wool, my favorite fiber.
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Protein Fibers A
This double length episode of the podcast introduces our first natural fiber, protein fibers, and explains some of the great properties of these fibers, going deep on moisture and moisture regain.
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Fiber Properties 3B
We wrap up our discussion of the internal morphology of fibers, focusing on polymer properties, by considering what the arrangement of polymers into crystalline structures can do for strength, or how cross-linking agents can improve resiliency.
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Fiber Properties 3A
While the surface morphology of fibers is an important influence on properties like luster and hand, it is the internal, chemical structure of the polymers that make up the fibers that has the greatest influence on properties like strength and absorbency.
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Fiber Properties 2B
Fiber crimp deserves its own podcast because it is so cool! This 3D physical property influences lots of things like resiliency, bulk and luster.
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Fiber Properties 1B
Performance properties such as comfort as actually a dimension of performance made up of several properties, including absorbency.
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Fiber Properties 2A
We can categorize fibers using various features, including physical structures (morphology) that we can easily see under a microscope.
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TextileUpdate is an educational podcast about textiles with a special emphasis on textile science. What began as a podcast for university students taken from lecture recordings has expanded to special content about current issues in textiles. With a focus on sustainability, we cover technology, history, design and scientific principles behind textile performance.
HOSTED BY
Gwendolyn Hustvedt
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