Textile Designing: Theory and Concept

Textile as a material of daily use has been there for ages now and as an industry, it is one of the promising industries. Textiles industry will always be there as clothes are one of the basic human necessities. For making textile, there is always the need of textile designers who design the textiles. Textile design is basically the process of creating designs for knitted woven or printed fabrics. Fabrics can be made by weaving and knitting and can be given basic decoration through printing. Textile designing is a technical process including different methods for production of textile. It includes both surface design and structural design of a textile. Textile designer must have knowledge of yarn making weaving knitting dyeing finishing processes, and also knowledge about different types of looms knitting machines, and printing processes. The following basic activities can be included in textile designing.