The lettering that is used on letter jacket patches is called varsity letters. These symbols are created from yarns being assembled in a specific manner.
Most materials get their name from the material they are crafted from. Mohair and wool are examples of fabrics that have their name derived from the fibers that were used to create them. The difference in chenille is that it is named after the process the materials go through in order to create them.
The process used to create this material has been done for many years. In the eighteenth century individuals actually wove a fabric known as leno fabric in order to cut this up so that they would have strips that they could use in order to create the strips of chenille.
To create a leno fabric you would need to take two warp yarns and wrap these yarns around the weft yarns you were using. The end result will be a strong fabric that basically has almost no yarn slippage to it or any misplacement of threads in it. This weave of yarns is also referred to as a gauze weave or a cross weave.
During the 1920s and into the 1930s the revival of this technique of yarn making was done by Catherine Evans. Catherine used the process to make tufted bedspreads. These bed coverings appeared to have been embroidered because the tufts were created using different color combinations placed together. The bed covers were called chenille and the reference to the process from which they were made stuck.
During the depression these bedspreads are credited with sustaining the lives of many families from Georgia. The women of the households would make these hand crafted items and sell them for cash. There were facilities created that could take the pieces that had been tufted on the farm and put them through a process that would stop them from shrinking later on when someone laundered them. They were then placed on shelves in some of the largest department stores.
Throughout the 1930s this process was used to make many different items. Bedspreads, carpeting, and throws were being created in this manner, but it was not until the 1970s that someone found a way to use this process on clothing.
In the 1970s a machine was invented that would make the process easier and create the fabric that we expect on the patches placed on the school jackets that the sports teams wear. The patches are sturdy and they retain their look for many years and this makes them perfect to be used on these coats.
In order to properly care for an item that has one of these patches on it you need to have it dry cleaned. This is perfect for the coats that the school children wear because they are generally fashioned from boiled wool on the body and have sleeves of leather on them. Neither of these two materials really needs to be placed in a water bath cleaning process.
Most materials get their name from the material they are crafted from. Mohair and wool are examples of fabrics that have their name derived from the fibers that were used to create them. The difference in chenille is that it is named after the process the materials go through in order to create them.
The process used to create this material has been done for many years. In the eighteenth century individuals actually wove a fabric known as leno fabric in order to cut this up so that they would have strips that they could use in order to create the strips of chenille.
To create a leno fabric you would need to take two warp yarns and wrap these yarns around the weft yarns you were using. The end result will be a strong fabric that basically has almost no yarn slippage to it or any misplacement of threads in it. This weave of yarns is also referred to as a gauze weave or a cross weave.
During the 1920s and into the 1930s the revival of this technique of yarn making was done by Catherine Evans. Catherine used the process to make tufted bedspreads. These bed coverings appeared to have been embroidered because the tufts were created using different color combinations placed together. The bed covers were called chenille and the reference to the process from which they were made stuck.
During the depression these bedspreads are credited with sustaining the lives of many families from Georgia. The women of the households would make these hand crafted items and sell them for cash. There were facilities created that could take the pieces that had been tufted on the farm and put them through a process that would stop them from shrinking later on when someone laundered them. They were then placed on shelves in some of the largest department stores.
Throughout the 1930s this process was used to make many different items. Bedspreads, carpeting, and throws were being created in this manner, but it was not until the 1970s that someone found a way to use this process on clothing.
In the 1970s a machine was invented that would make the process easier and create the fabric that we expect on the patches placed on the school jackets that the sports teams wear. The patches are sturdy and they retain their look for many years and this makes them perfect to be used on these coats.
In order to properly care for an item that has one of these patches on it you need to have it dry cleaned. This is perfect for the coats that the school children wear because they are generally fashioned from boiled wool on the body and have sleeves of leather on them. Neither of these two materials really needs to be placed in a water bath cleaning process.
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