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　　What distinguishes velvet fabrics from all other fabrics is their pile. The soft surface immediately touches your hand when you touch it. It is the fibers used to make the pile that determines the brightness and softness of the pile.

　　Velvet has at least two warps and one weft. The first warp, the ground warp, is interwoven with the weft to form the basis of the fabric. On a manual loom, the thread is wound around the Gubbio, which is a large cylinder placed at the end of the wooden frame.

　　The other warp yarn is the pile warp yarn: its threads are wound around special rods to form curled velvet, or they are cut to produce cut velvet. These threads come from a bobbin placed on a frame under the loom.

　　When we talk about "silk" velvet, we are talking about what kind of fiber its pile is made of. In our handmade velvet, this is pure silk. This is why, if you consider the composition of velvet such as soprarizzo Giardino Antico, you will find that its floor is composed of 70% silk and 30% cotton, while the pile is 100% silk. Cotton and linen are also used in weft or warp yarns to obtain more durable fabrics. Flax is especially useful for making the weft more rigid, improving performance and durability.

　　Characteristics of textile fibers for velvet

　　In order to weave velvet, other textile fibers can be used in the pile, and each fiber has a specific effect.

　　Silk: This is the fiber used for the best velvets because it makes their surface shiny and drapes extremely soft.

　　Viscose fiber: excellent gloss, so it emits a light luster on velvet.

　　Linen: Gives velvet a matte appearance. But the advantage of this fiber is that it can absorb dye well, so the color of the fabric is very dense.

　　Cotton cloth: The velvet obtained is certainly not as shiny as silk, but they are durable and sag. However, their pile is shorter than velvet.

　　Sometimes the pile combines different fibers, so it is not always easy to distinguish different types of velvet. However, as far as our velvet is concerned, we only mix them in the weft or ground warp. Our website is: https://www.qsf-group.com/product/velvet-fabric/