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Habotai:
- a lightweight silk fabric commonly used for linings, hangings and underwear.
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Hand:
- fabric quality or characteristics—such as softness, firmness, drapability, or fineness—perceived by touch.
Last referenced in: Textiles and clothing: opportunities for recycling (Global Apparel Markets Issue 3)
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Hand feel:
- see hand.
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Handle:
- see hand.
Last referenced in: The Rise of Japanese Textile Suppliers to the US Automotive Industry (Textile Outlook International Issue 131)
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Hank:
- an unsupported coil comprising wraps of yarn (or sliver) made by winding the yarn on a reeling machine with a cross-wound pattern and then binding it to prevent tangling.
Last referenced in: The World Nonwovens Industry: Part 1—The Leading Ten Producers (Technical Textile Markets Issue 74)
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Hank dyeing:
- the process of dyeing a yarn in hank form; hank dyeing is used where the yarn must preserve a fuller handle and bulk in order to obtain the desired effect in a knitted garment.
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Hard shell:
- a hard shell is an outerwear garment which protects the wearer from the elements. It is typically made from a tough, abrasion?resistant material such as nylon (see also soft shell).
Last referenced in: Temperature control fabrics (Performance Apparel Markets Issue 21)
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Harris tweed:
- a woollen tweed fabric woven on handlooms by crofters in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Harris tweed is traditionally woven 75 cm wide but modern handlooms can produce 150 cm width fabric.
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HDPE:
- high density polyethylene.
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Heald:
- a steel wire or strip with an eye in the centre, or a similar device through which a warp yarn is threaded. The heald enables the yarn to be raised or lowered during weaving to create a shed.
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