2007
Daily Definition of Left Hand Twill
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A fabric weave where the top twill line runs from the top left hand corner of the fabric towards the bottom right. Usually in piece dyed fabrics, left hand twill fabrics are woven from single plied yarns in the warp. In most cases left hand twill denim is softer to the touch than right hand twill. In the jeans industry Lee has always used left hand twill denims as their basic denims.
As you can see in the picture below how the twill line starts at the left and moves across to the right of the fabric:
The picture below is of a right hand twill:
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December 29th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
im confused…how do you know which way to hold it to know if it is left hand or right hand twill? if i were to rotate those pieces you show above it could just as easily be the opposite.
January 8th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Thanks for the information. Im not so much into such things. I never thought that it still a different thing until i read this.