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The following chart displays the fiber classifications that our online library uses to organize fabrics. If you are searching for a specific fiber, please refer to these categories to search.
| NATURAL | |
| Vegetable | |
| Abaca | Abaca |
| Cotton | Kapok Colored Cotton Cotton Cotton Grass Organic Cotton Pima Cotton Recycled Cotton Transitional Organic Cotton |
| Coir | Cocona (Huvis TM) Coir |
| Bamboo | Bamboo Bamboo Charcoal PET Bamboo natural |
| Banana | Banana |
| Elastics | Natural Rubber Elastodiene |
| Grass | Elephant Grass Milkweed |
| Hemp | Henequen Sisal Hemp Organic Hemp Sunn |
| Jute | Kenaf Urena(Congo Jute) Jute |
| Linen/Flax | Flax Linen Organic Linen Phormium (New Zealand Fiber) |
| Mixed Natural | Halbleinen (Cotton/Linen) Khadi |
| Nettle | Nettle Ramie |
| Other Bast | Alfagras (esparto) Apocynum Broom Fique (Mauritius fiber) Papyrus |
| Other Leaf | Acacia Aloe Rosella (Karkade) |
| Paper | Paper yarn Sasawashi |
| Peat | Peat |
| Pina | Pina |
| Root Fibers | Sacaton (root fiber) |
| Sasawashi | Sasawashi |
| Spanish Moss | Spanish Moss |
| Straw | Raffia Straw |
| Wood | Cultivated Wood Redwood bark LenpurTM |
| Yuca | Yuca |
| Animal | |
| Alpaca | Alpaca |
| Cashmere | Cashmere |
| Cow Hair | Cow Hair |
| Horse Hair | Horse Hair |
| Leather | Vegetable Tanned Leather Tilapia (Fish Leather) |
| Other | Fish otter |
| Recycled Leather | Recycled Leather |
| Silk | Eri Silk Peace Silk (Tussah Silk) Ahimsa Silk (Peace silk) Khadi Silk Matka Silk Muga Silk Natural Silk (Tussah) Silk |
| Wool | Cashgora Goat hair Huarizo Pig's Bristle Angora Beaver Camel Ecowool (washable wool) Guanaco Lambs Wool Llama Merino Wool Mohair (angora goat) Organic Wool Organic Merino Qiviut Rabbit hair Vicuna Wool Yak |
| Mineral | |
| Metallic | Copper Inox Metallic Steel Zari Lurex Asbestos |
| Other | Pearl Basalt Ceramic Glass Fiber Silicic acid glass Carbon |
| SYNTHETIC | |
| Natural Polymers | |
| Acetate | Acetate Triacetate Ethylene vinyl acetate |
| Alginate | Algae Alginate |
| Cupro | Cupro |
| Lyocell | Lyocell Tencel (Lenzing TM) |
| PLA | Ingeo (Natureworks TM) Polylactic Acid/ PLA |
| Protein | Soy Milk Protein/ Casein |
| Rayon | Corn Bemberg Crabyon (Swicofil TM) Lenzing FR Lenzing Viscose Modal (Lenzing TM) MicroModal MicroModal AIR ProModal (Lenzing TM) Seacell ( Lyocell & Seaweed) Seacell Pure Seacell Active Chitosan Cuprammonium rayon High-wet-modulus rayon Rayon Viscose |
| Natural/Synthetic Polymers - (Mixed) | |
| Triexta | Triexta BioSorona Sorona (DuPont TM) |
| Synthetic Polymers | |
| Acrylic | Acrylic Modacrylic Orlon (DuPont TM for Acrylic) |
| Elastics | Elastane Rexe (Teijin TM) XLA Elastic Elastoester/ EOL Spandex Elaspan spandex (Invista TM) Lycra (Invista TM) |
| Fluoro | PEEK |
| Nylon | Cationic Nylon Flycool TACTEL(Invista TM) Nylon/ Polyamide |
| Olefin | Olefin |
| Polyester | A.M.Y. Biophyl (Advansa TM) Coolmax (Invista TM) Corterra PDO (Biophyl- Advansa TM) Sorbex Polyethylene Polyester Polyester- Metalicized PTT Polyurethane White Hollow EcoSensor |
| Polymers | Liquid Crystal Polymer |
| Polyvinyl | Polyvinyl acetate |
| Recycled Nylon | Recycled Nylon Repreve Nylon (Recycled Nylon) |
| Recycled Polyester | Green Plus M.Y.N.X. Repreve Polyester (Recycled Polyester) Recycled Polyester |
| Vinyl | Duraprene |
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