What fabric is a two-thread? What are its features? This is the name for a special textile material that can be known to needlewomen under the name gunny, where the warp and weft are double. This increases the strength of the fabric and makes it more wear resistant. Tracksuits made of Turkish two-thread fabric are especially practical. They look attractive, pass air well and do not wear out for a long time. Most embroiderers are closely acquainted with this cloth and use it for their work as a replacement for the more expensive “uniformity” and canvas.
Two-thread to help the needlewoman
Many women who are engaged in manual work dream of saving on embroidery material. They search for patterns on their own, pick up a mouline thread and try to find a fabric that can be easily used, without overpaying for a brand. Judging by the reviews, the two-thread fabric often becomes an aid in this matter and is able to replace the canvas, even if it was not originally intended for embroidery.
There are several different variations of this fabric with different weave densities. In addition, the material may be coarse or processed. In the second case, the weaving of the threads will be more uniform and dense, without spools and marriage. Before embroidery, it is better to wash the cloth so that then it does not sit down and spoil the ideas of the needlewoman. The first type of material is often dyed in various colors with food or other dyes. But you can do the same with treated fabric.
Dvunitki coloring
What is two-thread for fabric and how to dye it? The material belongs to mixed, and its composition may include various fibers: not only natural, but also synthetic. Previously, it could only be cotton, but now polyester is often present. Modern needlewomen usually make the painting using natural products. For example, you can use onion husks, a decoction of blackberries or paints for Easter eggs. Tea and coffee tinting allows you to get various shades of light brown and gray. Disinfectants, such as iodine and potassium permanganate, can also stain tissues in grayish and brownish tones.
Much depends on the period of time for which the material is soaked in the solution. Sometimes it is enough just to dip and take out a piece of cloth to get the desired result. In other cases, prolonged soaking is required, up to 10 minutes.
It is important and correctly calculate the amount of ingredients from which the solution will be made. For example, the color saturation depends on how much iodine will be in the solution. If you hold the material for 10 minutes, dissolving 20 drops in water, the white canvas “Aida” will acquire an uneven gray-brownish tint. If you dissolve 40 drops and place the tissue in the liquid for the same period, it will become a saturated brown color.
Tortoise color for two-thread fabric
Different types of tea can stain a two-thread in a wide range of shades, from grayish to violet. The same can be said about herbs and berries. The more the selected ingredient in the solution, the richer the resulting color. Uneven fabric color can be created using black tea and ground red pepper. To do this, dry tea leaves are distributed evenly over the slightly moistened surface of the canvas, ground pepper is poured in the same way. Then you need to carefully wrap the edges of the material, forming folds, and give it the shape of a ball, tightly wrap it with a thread and cook in boiling water for 30 minutes, then about the same amount, but reducing the heat to a minimum. The spotty fabric, unusual in coloring, should turn out.
Disadvantages of a two-thread
Trying to understand what kind of two-thread fabric is and what features it has, it is important to know about some of the shortcomings of the material, otherwise it will be difficult to work with it. This cloth has one unpleasant feature: the edges of the canvas crumble when cutting, and this must be taken into account when buying it for sewing some thing or as a canvas for embroidery. Another feature - after washing, the material can sit down, which is why the applied drawing is deformed, and the thing will change its size. It is impossible to squeeze too much, otherwise the fabric will lose its shape. It is best to gently squeeze it and dry it in the usual way.
Features of working with fabric
Special skills are required for working with a two-thread , therefore it is undesirable for beginner needlewomen to choose this material for their first works. During cross-stitching, it should be borne in mind that the pattern can stretch very vertically. This can ruin some motives, because the crosses will turn out uneven. It is undesirable to embroider paintings on such an uneven fabric. But if the work is done in a different technique, the image shift is sometimes even imperceptible . Sometimes, instead of a harsh or processed two-thread, the store offers knitted material that does not look like the fabric that is used for embroidery.
Jersey-two-thread - what kind of fabric? Such a cloth is called a footer and is made using a slightly different technology. Many people confuse it with a two-thread, as it is also woven from two types of threads, but one of them is used for warp, and the other for backing. This type of fabric is not used for embroidery.