Hand (weave)


Hand in textile is the technical term by which it is indicated: softness, softness and volume considered as the feeling of touch given by a fabric, a maglina or a yarn.

In fabrics it helps to describe the peculiar characteristics of the combination of two factors: the peculiarities of the yarn (material used and machining) combined with the reinforcement effect (structure with which the wires are interwoven). A third factor that determines the hand is finishing (extra finishing treatment), which once made can modify the texture and surface texture of a fabric.

Defines the characteristics, sometimes difficult to catalog, of softness, heat, rigidity, compactness, hairiness, smoothness, that the hand touches. Define the wikitesto modification

The hand can be: soft, rippled, voluminous, sweet, smooth, heavy, pasty, granular, soft, dry, tough, fine, silky, swollen, snappy, rough, corrugated, rustic, honed, glassy, ​​round, rough, hot, plastic (or plastic). Notemodify wikitesto Voices correlateemodify wikitesto

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