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1. KAPOK: Short, lightweight cotton-like fibers from the seed pod of trees of the family Bombacabeae. a very brittle fiber, it's generally not spun. it's used for stuffing cushions, mattresses, etc., and for all times jackets thanks to its buoyancy and moisture resistance.

2. KERATIN: the essential protein constituent of wool and other hair fibers.

3. KERSEY: A heavily fulled or milled woolen fabric having a high lustrous nap and a “grainy” face, kersey is usually utilized in overcoats.

4. KHAKI: 1. a light-weight raw sienna . 2. A khaki-colored cloth of cotton, wool, or combinations of those fibers with manufactured fibers used primarily in military uniforms and workclothes.

5. KIER: an outsized metal tank, capable of being heated uniformly, used for
wet processing.

6. KIER BOILING: Process of boiling cellulosic materials during a lkaline liquors during a kier at or above atmospheric pressure .

7. KINK: 1. In fabrics, a neighborhood where a quick length of yarn has spontaneously doubled back on itself. 2. In yarn.

8. KINKING: The doubling back of yarn on itself to alleviate torque imparted by twisting or texturing.

9. KNEE BREAK-OUT TEST: how to guage the performance of materials , especially boys’ wear, when subjected to abrasion, stretch, and impact forces under conditions which simulate ordinary wear at the knee.

10. KNEEING: Abnormal behavior of a spinning threadline (especially in melt spinning) during which one or more filaments form an angle (knee).

11. KNIT FABRIC: A structure produced by interloping one or more ends of yarn or comparable material.

12. KNIT-MISS: a kind of tricot knitting during which yarns on each bar of a two-bar machine are knit at alternate courses only. this type of knitting permits the utilization of heavy-denier yarns without creating undesirable bulkiness within the fabric .

13. KNITTING: how of constructing fabric by interlocking series of loops of 1 or moreyarns. the two major classes of knitting are warp knitting and weft knitting, as follows: 1. Warp Knitting: a sort of knitting during which the yarns generally run lengthwise within the material . The yarns are prepared as warps on beams with one or more yarns for each needle. samples of this type of knitting are tricot, Milanese, and raschel knitting. Milanese Knitting: a sort of run-resistant warp knitting with a diagonal rib effect using several sets of yarns. Raschel Knitting: a versatile kind of warp knitting made in plain and Jacquard patterns; the latter are often made with intricate eyelet and lacy patterns and is typically used for underwear fabrics. Raschel fabrics are coarser than other warp-knit fabrics, but an honest range of materials are often made. Raschel knitting machines have one or two sets of latch needles and up to thirty sets of guides. Tricot Knitting: A run-resistant kind of warp knitting during which either single or double sets of yarn are used.2. Weft Knitting: a typical kind of knitting, during which one continuous thread runs crosswise within the material making all of the loops in one course. Weft knitting types are circular and flat knitting.Circular Knitting: the fabric is produced on the machine within the type of a tube, the threads running continuously around the fabric. Flat Knitting: the fabric is produced on the machine in flat form, the threads alternating back and forth across the fabric . the fabric are often given shape within the knitting process by increasing or decreasing loops. Full-fashioned garments are made on a flat machine .

14. KRAFTCORD: This yarn produced by tightly twisting plant fiber is typically utilized in carpet backings.

15. KRAFT PULPS: Pulps prepared within the alkaline liquor consisting of sodium hydroxide , sodium carbonate , and sodium sulfide. Also called sulfate pulp.

16. KRAFT YARN: A yarn made by twisting a strip of paper manufactured from kraft pulp.

17. KUSTERS DYEING RANGE: Continuous dye range for carpets. The unit wets the carpet, applies dyes and auxiliary chemicals by means of a doctor blade, fixes the dyes during a festoon steamer, and washes and dries the carpet in one undergo the range. An optional auxiliary unit could even be installed to randomly drip selected dyes onto the background shade for special styling effects. This process is known as TAK dyeing