Woven fabric

These basic types have been extrapolated into a variety of diverse patterns that serve both form and function.

Finishing: After weaving, the fabric undergoes several finishing processes, which might include bleaching, dyeing, printing, and treatments to enhance performance characteristics like water resistance or shrinkage prevention.

Woven fabrics only stretch diagonally on the bias (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads used are elastic.

Woven fabric cloth usually frays at the edges, unless techniques are used to counter it, such as the use of pinking shears or hemming.

The warp and weft can be woven together in different variations of the three basic weaves; plain, twill and satin.