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Units of textile measurement
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<p><a href="/facts/Textile/PJrVeM5S">Textile</a> <a href="/facts/Fiber/ttkxAFBu">fibers</a>, <a href="/facts/Thread_(yarn)/3RfyulKB">threads</a>, <a href="/facts/Yarn/fhMTsWg2">yarns</a> and <a href="/facts/Fabric/PJrVeM5S">fabrics</a> are measured in a multiplicity of units. </p> <ul><li>A <a href="/facts/Fiber/ttkxAFBu">fiber</a>, a single filament of natural material, such as <a href="/facts/Cotton/efXRcjbn">cotton</a>, <a href="/facts/Linen/MHrhhjyW">linen</a> or <a href="/facts/Wool/AENKRTYl">wool</a>, or artificial material such as <a href="/facts/Nylon/hBvG9bCw">nylon</a>, <a href="/facts/Polyester/Ivp9CHpl">polyester</a>, <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metal</a> or <a href="/facts/Mineral_fiber/ttkxAFBu">mineral fiber</a>, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, <a href="/facts/Lyocell/JayPeRP0">Lyocell</a> or other <a href="/facts/Rayon/Us58BuEM">rayon</a> fiber is measured in terms of <a href="/facts/Linear_mass_density/b2RK3foN">linear mass density</a>, the weight of a given length of fiber. Various units are used to refer to the measurement of a fiber, such as: the denier and tex (linear mass density of fibers), super S (fineness of wool fiber), <a href="/facts/Worsted/GkFuUtm7">worsted</a> count, woolen count, linen count (wet spun) (or Number English (Ne)), cotton count (or Number English (Ne)), Number metric (Nm) and yield (the reciprocal of denier and tex).</li> <li>A <a href="/facts/Yarn/fhMTsWg2">yarn</a>, a spun agglomeration of fibers used for <a href="/facts/Knitting/dy5AhWBp">knitting</a>, <a href="/facts/Weaving/dESwh5UP">weaving</a> or <a href="/facts/Sewing/3VHdNAfI">sewing</a>, is measured in terms of cotton count and yarn density. </li> <li>Thread, usually consisting of multiple yarns <a href="/facts/Plied/xRxGbz63">plied</a> together producing a long, thin strand used in sewing or weaving, is measured in the same units as yarn.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fabric/PJrVeM5S">Fabric</a>, material typically produced by weaving, knitting or knotting textile fibers, yarns or threads, is measured in units such as the momme, thread count (a measure of the coarseness or fineness of fabric), ends per inch (e.p.i) and picks per inch (p.p.i).</li></ul>