This document discusses different types of fancy yarns. It defines fancy yarn as having an effect yarn held in place by a binding yarn to create novelty effects. There are several ways to create fancy yarns, including blending fibers, dyeing, twisting threads of different properties together, and controlling twist. The document then describes 7 common types of fancy yarns - crimp/loop/snarl yarn with loops, boucle/ratine/curl yarn that looks rough but is soft, nub or spot yarn with colored fibers inserted, spiral or corkscrew yarn with a fine yarn wound around a coarse one, chenille yarn cut into patterns, slub or

1. YARNYARN
PART II:PART II:
FANCY YARNSFANCY YARNS
Dr. S. Aishwariya
INSPIRE Fellow (DST) & Assistant Professor
Department of Textiles and Clothing
Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore

2. WHAT DO YOU SEE UNIQUE ABOUT THESE
YARNS?
Fancy yarns

3. FANCY YARN ORFANCY YARN OR
NOVELTY YARNNOVELTY YARN
Effect yarn is kept in place by a binding yarn
Fancy yarn can be made from staple
and filament yarn
Parts of a fancy yarn:
1.Core: The skeleton
2.Binder: the yarn to hold the effect
3.Effect: special type of yarn for decorative purpose
It has a base/core yarn
combined with the effect yarn to
create a novelty effect

4. PROPERTIES OF FANCY YARN
They are intentionally created to have distorted or irregular surface
There are many ways to create fancy yarn
▪Different coloured fibre can be blended together than spun as one
yarn
▪Colour can be applied by dyeing or printing
▪Spots of coloured fibre can be twisted into the base yarn
▪Two or more threads of different softness, thickness, weight, colour,
fibre content can be twisted together
▪Raised texture can be introduced by controlling the amount and
direction of twist
▪Novelty yarns are used for decorative purpose
▪These are generally not durable but used to create different textures

6. TYPES OF FANCY YARN
1. Crimp/ loop/ snarl: This is done by delivering core and effect
yarn at different speed.
▪It creates loop
▪Highly twisted is called snarls

7. 2. Boucle/ratine/curl yarn:
▪This yarn has a rough look, but the
surface is softer and is used for novelty
purpose
▪Ratine is a variation where loops are
twisted continuously
▪The size of loop depends on speed of
roller
▪Used as imitation of pile fabric,imitation of pile fabric,
fur, trims.fur, trims.

8. 3. Nub or spot yarn:
▪This type uses a piece of coloured fibre inserted into the yarn.
▪Twisting the effect ply many times in same place at regular intervals
can create this effect.

9. 4. Spiral or corkscrew :
▪In this generally a fine yarn is wound around a coarse yarn.
▪Thick yarn has coarse twist and fine yarn has fine twist.
▪Sometimes the core yarn will be completely hidden.

10. 5. Chenille yarn:
▪These are made by cutting the yarns to desired pattern that makes the yarn
looks like a caterpillar.

11. 6. Slub or tuft yarn:
▪When yarns are left untwisted at some places, it leaves an effect names
tuft/slub fancy yarn.
▪There are short and abnormally thick at places in regular intervals.
▪The slub effect is spun into yarn and looks like an incomplete spinning

12. 7. Flake/ flock/ seed yarn: Small amount of fibres are introduced
into the yarns that gives a spotted/ streaks effect.
The yarn has varying thickness and softness

13. NOVELY YARNS - OVERVIEW
1. Crimp/ loop/ snarl: loop like curl called
snarl
2. Boucle/ratine/curl yarn: Rough look –
soft/ imitate pile
3. Nub or spot : repeated twist in same place
4. Spiral or corkscrew : Fine around coarse
5. Chenille : Caterpillar like yarn – cut pile
effect
6. Slub or tuft: Yarn untwisted at places
7. Flake/flock/seed: small amount of fiber
introduced into yarn

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PART III – SPINNING, YARN DEFECTS
AND SEWING THREAD