Textile
Textile is spinning or knitting, a textile art in which fabric is divided into two sets of threads and strings, called warps. Tar strings are in the piece of fabric in the longitudinal direction, and the strings of the warp are on the far side.
Textile knowledge deals with the use of fibers and yarns in textile industries, woven fabrics, textiles, garments, textile applications in other industries, manufacturing methods and related quality control.
Activity
The textile industry is active in the following areas:
Production of artificial textile fibers,
Manufacture of yarn of natural fibers or synthetic fibers or a combination of them,
Production of woven fabrics of yarn,
Fabricated textile fabrics of fibers or yarns,
Fabric dyeing, Textile printing and finishing,
Production of special textiles required in other industries,
Cooperative activities, called cluster, are one of the industry’s empowerment approaches.
Fabric Applications
The most used fabric is in the garment industry. But they are also used in furniture, sports and car accessories.
Traditional textile background in Iran
Traditional fabrics are products that are manufactured using a simple knitting machine of the type: double-quad, four-thread, eight-handed to manual jacquard. Zari, Velvet, Cashmere, Assets, Jajim and the like are among the traditional Iranian textile. The items that belonged to 6000 years ago in Iran is a good proof that people of that time were aware of the spinning and wool conversion. The first sign of the existence of obsolete cloth in Iran is 4,000 years old. It is obtained in Susa. In 2500-2700 BC The knitting was completely and more elegant. In the Celtic period, clay was used, because of its great interest in blue, this color was used in the production of fabrics.
The strangest part of the Safavid cloth weaving is their velvet that nobody has ever been able to make a product of that beauty. Now important centers for producing handmade fabrics in aIran are Yazd, Khorasan, Mazandaran, Gilan, Golestan and Khuzestan provinces. Nafisi fabrics such as scarlet and velvet are produced only in Tehran, Kashan and the Ka’shan fine arts college.