The Textile Kit™ Pinnacle Edition

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Introducing the newest edition of our best-selling swatch set, The Textile Kit. Now shipping, with the cutting-edge iTextiles 2.0 CD: an incredibly visual, interactive system for learning about textiles. It's a complete e-Textbook and so much more! We provide the most up-to-date swatch set--balancing a strong presentation of textile basics with what's NEW.  Plus the software now includes more images, more video clips, more exercises, more experiments, and lots of interactivity. We've added everything you might need in one great package! Read more...

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Professors

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Please contact us to request a free, 30-day preview of The Textile Kit with iTextiles CD, so you can see for yourself that this is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and cost-effective way to teach and learn about textiles--in a traditional classroom, in a "smart" classroom, on-line or via distance learning. And if you decide to adopt the Textile Kit™ for your students, your copy is complimentary.  Read more...

Bookstores

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Please see our complete list of ISBNs to be sure you are stocking the correct version of The Textile Kit (because different professors may require different versions). Please contact us for more information about any of our products. For returns policy and returns address, read more...

Students

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If you are a student, please purchase The Textile Kit from your campus bookstore or via our online store if your school is listed. Read more...

If you order the NEW Pinnacle Edition of The Textile Kit, your kit will contain the exciting NEW iTextiles CD by Dr. Anugrah Shaw.

Give your visually-oriented fashion and interiors students the tools they need to truly understand textiles. The Textile Kit is the swatch set used by over 100 colleges and universities to make textbooks come alive and help students gain the understanding they need of textile fibers, yarns, fabrications, dyes, prints, and finishes. It is also used by industry and government professionals as an excellent reference, so it's a keeper for your students to use in their future careers. Our goal is to work with you to make textile, fashion, and interiors education better!

And now the best gets even better!

Completely interactive ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK
The iTextiles CD electronic textbook SAVES STUDENTS MONEY over buying a print version, and it allows them to print if desired. It includes a myriad of colorful, high-resolution images and interactivity not found in an ordinary textbook. Key words and phrases are “CLICKABLE”, taking students to definitions, audio pronunciations, images, and more. Today’s students are visual learners and are most comfortable with digital media. They want quick access to concise, colorful information via intuitive interfaces.
Our answer is the new iTextiles CD. It’s more than a file of static text pages. Instead, it’s a clickable, hyperlinked set of screens that let students intuitively move through the material, review as they go, and move back and forth as they learn. It also allows them to toggle back and forth, between "textbook" and "lecture" formats, quickly and easily. Compared to a printed textbook, it’s green, it’s portable, and it’s incredibly ECONOMICAL!
ADDITIONAL ON-LINE RESOURCES
Part of the package includes access to the latest textile developments that occur in between new releases of the software. The iTextiles CD links directly to the iTextiles website for the most up-to-date information.
FULL LECTURE SUPPORT
PowerPoint presentations facilitate coverage of all the material required in a typical semester of textiles, and are complete with the image slides students love AND “print text only” mode for ink-saving printing. They reinforce key concepts, support classroom instruction for the entire term, and serve as a review of main points. Plus special PowerPoint presentations are available for "instructors only". Please contact us for access.
OVER 2000 FULL-COLOR, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES
The "CLICKABLE" images communicate a wealth of knowledge visually, by providing a magnified view for an enhanced learning experience. They are pulled from "real-life" textile products in use, and include VALUABLE ANNOTATIONS so students can understand what they are seeing.
DIGITAL VIDEOS
By popular demand, approximately 15 digital videos bring students inside the world of textiles. This library will grow as new videos are added to this website.
INTERACTIVE SELF-STUDY QUESTIONS
Hundreds of interactive self-study questions help students review key concepts before exams. Plus iTextiles supplies a test bank with over 1000 questions for "instructors only". Please contact us for access.
EXPERIMENTS AND EXERCISES
We encourage hands-on learning by providing experiments and exercises for every major section. These include image and video support, giving students the chance to integrate and apply their new-found knowledge.
Expanded TEXTILE BASICS coverage
Expanded text and image coverage of the TEXTILE BASICS: Fibers, Yarns, Fabrics, Dyeing, Printing, and Finishing, plus a thorough Introduction to textile properties.
Expanded ADVANCED Textile concepts
New Sections on SPECIFICATIONS, and LAWS AND REGULATIONS. Increased emphasis on TEXTILE MANUFACTURING, and ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Improved readability
Extensive use of BULLETED LISTS for improved readability and comprehension, and TABLES summarizing key points and useful information in readily accessible format. RE-DESIGNED INDEX for easier reference.
Improved SWATCH SET
The NEW Pinnacle Edition of The Textile Kit swatch set contains: 185 SAMPLES, including more yarns, and more new fibers and fabrics such as Merino wool, angora, camel, cashmere, alpaca, Lenzing Modal® (from beechwood), rayon (from bamboo), true wool felt, Cordura® nylon fabric, Coolmax® polyester fabric, PLA (corn based), azlon (soy based), and MORE! Helping your students keep up-to-date with the latest important textile developments.
Special FULL-COLOR, pull-out key page for fiber, yarn, and narrow fabric samples.
Expanded VIRTUAL LAB ASSISTANT™
The PowerPoint presentation on The Textile Kit CD, helps students more easily put their kits together by showing them a finished kit and providing an audio description, magnified view, and other examples for each sample (especially useful for online students and students who assemble their kits outside the classroom). Also on The Textile Kit CD, Study and Review Questions (SRQs) and Table-Top Labs (LABS) give students hands-on experience.
COMPLETE PACKAGE
This is the same complete package you have come to expect. It comes with a hard-cover, pocketed, 3-ring binder, a comprehensive index, heavy-weight pages for labeling and mounting, a pencil, a roll of double-stick tape, and a 6X magnifying linen tester for closer sample examination. (Linen tester comes in your choice of cost-effective plastic or long-lasting metal).
In short, The Textile Kit with iTextiles CD contains EVERYTHING students need for studying textiles (in the classroom, in their dorm room, at home, or online).

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