SECTION 1YARN FUNDAMENTALSFibre compositionsCertificationsFibre to yarn processYarn structuresYarn countDyeingYarn treatmentsPillingFactors for yarn selectionCase study NATURAL FIBRE PROCESS SEED FIBRE 1. Harvesting 2. Ginning 3. Cleaning 4. Carding 5. Combing 6. Drawing 7. Roving 8. Spinning BAST FIBRE 1. Pulling 2. Retting 3. Harvesting 4. Scutching 5. Hackling 6. Spinning HAIR FIBRE 1. Harvesting 2. Blending 3. Scouring 4. Carding 5. Combing 6. Roving 7. Spinning FILAMENT FIBRE 1. Harvesting 2. Extracting 3. Spinning SYNTHETIC FIBRE PROCESS REGENERATED FIBRE 1. Extracting 2. Dissolving 3. Filtering 4. Extruding 5. Coagulating 6. Washing 7. Cutting 8. Spinning SYNTHETIC FIBRE 1. Polymerising 2. Dissolving/melting 3. Extruding 4. Solidifying 5. Drawing 6. Spinning < Synthetic fibres Overview Yarn structures >