Chenille yarn

Chenille yarn is the most popular choice of fabric designers on the market. Items such as, sweaters, upholstery, curtains, blankets, rugs and outerwear that are made with chenille fabrics are softer and sheen than anything found today. Since the 1970’s chenille fabrics have been commercially produced worldwide using modern machines. Production has increased dramatically because technology has changed throughout the years.

In the beginning when Chenille yarn was being produced, the machines would often create a wide variety of characteristics in Chenille bedding resulting in several different patterns. But by the early 1900’s, machines were modernized and introduced all over Europe and North America. Now Chenille fabrics are more beautiful than ever and Chenille yarn is becoming more and more popular. Chenille is dedicated to improving their products through education and superb business practices. 

Through the years, Chenille yarn has been easier to work with, especially because the yarn industry is so difficult to manufacture and manage. Yarn has to be cared with in a gentle manner unlike many other manufacturing businesses where it doesn’t make a difference because the machines do all the work for them. Even though there are machines involved, the yarn is handled and requires great care during production. 

Chenille has a distinctive pile direction and the piles are complete and never missing. Workers that may handle the yarn or work with the machines, have a relationship and are able to take great care of the yarn and turn the yarn into final articles. The designing process is rather simple and all finishing goods have the necessary specifications needed for providing the comfort in your home. 

The consistency of Chenille yarn falls, on the short lengths of spun filament or yarn that are held together by two ends of highly twisted fine strong yarn. The short lengths are the piles and the highly twisted fine yarn is the core. One of the great things about Chenille is that it can be made from many different types of yarns and fibers. Currently, the most common or popular found in Chenille bedding are cotton, acrylic, rayon and polypropylene fabrics. There are several sizes to choose, ranging from as heavy as Nm 0.2 to as fine as Nm 12.0. 

During the manufacturing process, the machines bring the pile yarns and the core yarns together. At this time, the pile yarns are wrapped around a short stem of polished metal, known as a caliper. Then a blade passes and cuts the pile yarns into short lengths. Next, the core yarns are pressed onto the short lengths with a rotating metal wheel and fed onto a traditional ring twisting take up mechanism. The twisting process allows the two ends of core yarn to twist and trap the short ends of pile between the core yarns. Then the size of the caliper determines the diameter of the resulting yarn. To determine the count of the yarn, the size and the number of piles need to be fed onto the core.