piece-dyed

= Generally speaking there are two large classes into which silk goods may be divided, those in which the threads are colored before weaving and called yarn-dyed goods, and those dyed or printed after weaving and called piece-dyed or printed goods.

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If on the other hand, the interior of the yarn is not so highly colored as the exterior, it is piece-dyed.

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_ Why is a yarn-dyed fabric faster than a piece-dyed?

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On piece-dyed goods part of the finishing is done before and part after the dyeing process.

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Raw silk wound on spools in a single thread, and called singles is often used to make warps (that is, the threads running lengthwise of a piece of cloth) for piece-dyed goods, or cloth which is woven with the gum in the silk, and afterward boiled out and dyed.

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Being a common and popular material for summer wear, it is usually made as a piece-dyed fabric.

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In the case of yarn-dyed fabrics the dyestuff has penetrated through the yarn, while in the case of piece-dyed fabrics the dyestuff has no chance to penetrate as completely as the yarn-dyed fabric.

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A good reason for making it piece-dyed is that this method is much cheaper than if the yarn is dyed previous to the weaving.

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The complexity and number of processes for treating silk goods may be realized when we know that a piece-dyed or printed fabric is handled its entire length between fifty and one hundred times after it comes from the loom, sometimes even more.

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= One of the worst difficulties with which the manufacturer of piece-dyed and printed silk goods has to contend is the ease with which they become spotted with water, and for a number of years many people have tried to prevent this by various processes.

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