The Tailor Academy
Cloth
How fibre becomes cloth: spinning, weaving, finishing, cloth weights and the mills behind the names.
Two suits in the same wool can feel completely different. The difference is in how the yarn is spun, how the cloth is woven and how it is finished at the mill.
- Definition of the numbers and names on the suit fabrics.Super 120s, 130s and 150s on a fabric label describe how fine the wool fibre is, not always how good the cloth is. Here is what…
- Worsted or Woollen? How the Yarn Changes the ClothWorsted and woollen are two ways of spinning wool into yarn, and each shapes how the finished cloth looks, feels and wears in different ways.
