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Wool Fabric Weaves
Find all Wool fabric weaves with swatches: Beaver cloth, Challis, Botany/Merino wool, Broadcloth, Cheviot, Chinchilla cloth, Donegal, Felt, Flannel, Gabardine, Glen checks, Herringbone wool.
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Beaver Cloth
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Beaver cloth is a heavy-woolen overcoating, napped and pressed down to resemble beaver fur. This fabric is also used for hats. |
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Challis |
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Challis, a soft light weight wool in plain weave, has a printed or woven design. |
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Botany/Merino |
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Botany/Merino wool is a fine wool made from worsted wool yarn. |
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Broadcloth |
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Broadcloth is woolen or worsted fabric with a velvety feel. |
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Cheviot |
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Cheviot, usually Scotch wool is a soft and fine wool that is heavier than serge |
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Chinchilla cloth
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Chinchilla cloth is a heavy, spongy woolen overcoat fabric with a long nap that has been rubbed into a curly, nubby finish
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Donegal
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Donegal was originally a thick and warm homespun or tweed woven by Irish peasants in Donegal, Ireland. Donegal now describes the wool tweed that has colorful thick slubs woven into the fabric
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Felt |
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Felt fabric is a compact sheet of entangled, not woven wool, fur, sometimes cotton fibers. The felt is produced by processing a mat of fibers with heat, pressure and moisture.
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Flannel wool
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Flannel wool is a lightweight, soft fabric with a nap on one or both sides
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Gabardine |
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Gabardine is a tightly woven wool twill with a high sheen. This fabric is excellent for tailoring. |
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Glen Checks
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Glen checks originated in Scotland are usually seen in menswear .Iis characterized by a variety of small,even check designs. |
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Herringbone wool |
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Herringbone wool is woven in a twill that is reversed at regular spacing, creating a sawtooth line.
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