Everything about Yarn
Long continuous length of interlocked fibers
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured sewing threads may be finished with wax or other lubricants to withstand the stresses involved in sewing. Embroidery threads are yarns specifically designed for needlework. Yarn can be made of a number of natural or synthetic materials, and comes in a variety of colors and thicknesses. Although yarn may be dyed different colors, most yarns are solid colored with a uniform hue. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: YarnA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Flexible strain sensor based on CNT/TPU composite nanofiber yarn for smart sports bandageInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Summary of trade and tariff informationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Coaxial wet-spun yarn supercapacitors for high-energy density and safe wearable electronicsCited 1,107 times
- Go sideways: Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methodsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Novelty yarnsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
Noun Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
Noun A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
Verb To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Coaxial wet-spun yarn supercapacitors for high-energy density and safe wearable electronics
Wearable Self‐Charging Power Textile Based on Flexible Yarn Supercapacitors and Fabric Nanogenerators
Electrically, Chemically, and Photonically Powered Torsional and Tensile Actuation of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles
High‐Performance Two‐Ply Yarn Supercapacitors Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Polyaniline Nanowire Arrays
Waterproof and Tailorable Elastic Rechargeable Yarn Zinc Ion Batteries by a Cross-Linked Polyacrylamide Electrolyte
Ultrafast charge and discharge biscrolled yarn supercapacitors for textiles and microdevices
A Stretchable Yarn Embedded Triboelectric Nanogenerator as Electronic Skin for Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and Multifunctional Pressure Sensing
A Highly Stretchable and Washable All-Yarn-Based Self-Charging Knitting Power Textile Composed of Fiber Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Supercapacitors
🆕 Influential since 2022
Flexible strain sensor based on CNT/TPU composite nanofiber yarn for smart sports bandage
Continuous manufacture of stretchable and integratable thermoelectric nanofiber yarn for human body energy harvesting and self-powered motion detection
State-of-the-art review of advanced electrospun nanofiber yarn-based textiles for biomedical applications
Scalable core–spun coating yarn-based triboelectric nanogenerators with hierarchical structure for wearable energy harvesting and sensing via continuous manufacturing
Fiber/Yarn and Textile-Based Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Summary of trade and tariff informationPamela McGuyer · 1981
Fundamentals of spun yarn technologyLawrence, Carl A. · 2003- 📕The essentials of yarn design for handspinnersMabel Ross · 1983
Spun yarn technologyEric Oxtoby · 1979
Knitting with dog hairKendall Crolius · 1994
Cotton Knits for All SeasonsDebbie Bliss · 2002
IntertwinedLexi Boeger · 2008- 📕Yarn, Yarn, YarnSusanna Zacke, Sania Hedengren · 2014
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🔗 Related topics
- Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods Textile manufacturing is one of the oldest of human activities. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first…
- Novelty yarns Novelty yarns include a wide variety of yarns made with unusual features, structure or fiber composition, such as slubs, inclusions, metallic or synthetic…
- Glossary of textile manufacturing The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. To make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn…
- Units of textile measurement Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units. A fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of…
- Textile manufacturing Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These…
- Embroidery thread Embroidery thread is yarn that is manufactured or hand-spun specifically for embroidery and other forms of needlework. Embroidery thread often differs…
- Eisaku Noro Company Eisaku Noro Company, Ltd. is a yarn manufacturer located in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan. The company produces yarns for handcrafting under the Noro brand…
- Staple (textiles) A staple fiber is a textile fiber of discrete length. The opposite is a filament fiber, which comes in continuous lengths. Staple length is a characteristic…