Fancy yarns have no absolute definition. However, fancy yarn are somehow special in their appearance.
Fancy yarns are produced by different machinery:
Fancy yarns are produced by different machinery:
- Chenille machines
The final product is chenille yarn. Chenille yarn is manufactured by placing short lengths of yarn, called the "pile", between two "core yarns" and then twisting the yarn together. The edges of these piles then stand at right angles to the yarn’s core, giving chenille both its softness and its characteristic look.
Contact the Swicofil team if you are interested in chenille yarn.
- Hollow-spinning machine
The final product is a hollow-tube yarn with or without fibers in the core. Available in e.g. polypropylene or polyester. Contact the Swicofil team if you are interested in hollow yarns.
- Crochet machines
The final products include feather yarn, tape yarn, centipede yarn, ping pong yarn, pine tree-like yarn, ladder yarn, etc.
- Twisting machines
There's three-roller type, four-roller type and five-roller type machines. Final products include boucle yarn, loop yarn, frisé yarn, slub yarn, etc.
- Drawing machines
The final products include big-belly yarn, rovering yarn.
They are mainly used in hand-knitting, sweaters, upholstery fabrics, scarves, gloves, carpets, throws, blankets etc.
- Texturizing machines
The final products include knit de knit yarns (KdK) or also spun effects on filament yarns (former Pontella).
- Flocking
The final product is a flocked yarn for high end automotive seating fabrcs, office chair fabrics, upholstery etc.
- Coated yarns
These yarns have a core of a high tenacity polyester or a twisted glass yarn - the are mostly extrusion coated with either PU or with PVC. Alternatively the coating can be done by solvant based dip-coating PU, PVC or Fluoropolymer. Contact the Swicofil team if you are interested in coated yarns.