About Fibers, Part 12: "Decorative Yarns"

Hello everyone!

This time, I'd like to introduce you to "decorative yarns."

There are two main types of decorative yarns:

"Spun decorative yarns," which have their design elements added during the spinning process, and "Decorative twisted yarns," which have their design elements added through twisting.

Representative examples of "spun decorative yarns" are slub yarn and nep yarn.

While slub yarn gradually changes in thickness, nep yarn has small balls of yarn scattered throughout.

By emphasizing what would normally be considered a drawback in regular yarn, it creates an interesting texture when woven into fabric.

Representative examples of decorative twisted yarns include ring yarn, knot yarn, and loop yarn.

Basically, it's made of three threads: a core thread, a decorative thread, and a binding thread. The core thread forms the axis, the decorative thread is used to create design elements, and the binding thread provides stability.

It can also be made using spun decorative yarns, so it's possible to use slub yarn as the decorative thread for rings, creating variations such as slub rings.

While what's generally considered good yarn is straight and uniform, these decorative yarns are the complete opposite, making them very difficult to work with. However, they produce a very rich and expressive fabric.

We can create decorative yarns with various counts and structures, so please feel free to inquire.