(bron: wikipedia)Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile that gives it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet". Historically, velvet was typically made from silk. Today, velvet can be made from silk, linen, cotton, wool, synthetic fibers, silk-cotton blends, or synthetic-natural fiber blends.
Velvet is woven on a special loom that weaves two thicknesses of the material at the same time; the two layers are connected with an extra warp... meer
