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Name: Meg
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Date: 2001
Question:
I am doing a project on jeans and I was wondering, how is denim made?

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Denim is customarily woven with fine white warp threads and somewhat heavier blue weft threads. The weave structure is twill. In the traditional denim the blue weft is dyed with indigo, although of course now denim is often woven/produced in other colors altogether. Currently, some denim is woven with stretch threads to allow some give in the fabric. I do not know whether the stretch threads are in warp, weft, or both. Sometimes, the cloth is woven first and then dyed, or perhaps overdyed. In this case, the warp threads will not appear white.

Korah Erbacher


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