Carpet Glossary
A continuous strand of fibers used in tufting, weaving and bonding to form carpet and other fabrics. Carpet yarn is often plied and may be either spun staple or continuous filament.
An indication of the number of singles yarns combined to form a plied or heathered yarn.
Applying color to yarns which are later used in making carpet. It can be in continuous yarn dyeing methods such as space dyeing or can be in batch methods such as skein dyeing.
See "Ply."
The weight measure of the total bundle of filaments making up a yarn that indicates if the yarn is fine or coarse. Continuous filament yarns are sized by the denier or decitex system. Spun yarns are sized by the cotton count system. See "Denier"or "Cotton count."
Total amount of yarn used in the manufacturing of carpet. It is measured in ounces per square yard.
