1. Yarn
How is it made?

2. Yarn construction Yarns are made up of fibres:
• Staple fibres are made from short fibres, e.g. cotton, linen, wool or cut synthetic fibres.
• Filament fibres are made from long continuous fibres, e.g. silk and synthetics.
• Monofilament yarns consist of a single continuous filament.
• Multifilament yarns consist of two or more filament fibres which may or may not be twisted together.
• Microfibres are made from very fine synthetic fibres, less than one denier in thickness.

3. Different yarns
A single yarn is made by twisting a group of fibres together.
A multiple ply yarn is made by twisting together a number of single plied yarns. For example, three-ply yarn is made by twisting three single yarns together.
A cabled yarn is produced by twisting together two or more multi-plied yarns. It is often called a cable twist and results in a much stronger, regular yarn.
Yarns are twisted to hold the fibres together. The more a yarn is twisted, the stronger and thinner it will be. Different textures can be produced by spinning them either tightly, loosely or unevenly.