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What are Super 100s, 110s, 120s, 130s, 150s, and 180s?

It represents the fineness of fabric yarn. The higher the number the greater the fineness. The yarn number for cotton is based on the number of 840-yard hanks in a pound. The convention for indicating plies resembles that for wool. Two-ply 20s would be written 2/20s or 20/2, and would be twice the weight, length for length, of single ply 20s yarn.

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2. What is two-fold or two-ply cloth?
3. What is Dormieul?
4. What is the Designer Brand Collections?
5. What is Seersucker?
6. What is ply?
7. What is yarn size?
8. What is thread count?
9. What is a Burn Test? How do I test a fabric?
10. What is manufactured – man made fabrics and manufactured fiber types?
11. What is hemp fiber and jute?
12. What are weaves and how are they different from fabrics?
13. What is cotton? What are its uses?
14. What is wool? What are the different kinds of wool and their advantages?
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17. What is Vicuna Wool?
18. What are natural fibers made from? What is a natural fiber?