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Textile arts word search with weaving and yarn vocabulary including tension, twill, and optical mixing.
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This 99-word textile arts word search covers weaving, fiber construction, and design concepts for high school students pursuing fiber arts or art electives. Hidden words include tension, treadling variations, twill line, optical mixing, and dye lot, spanning yarn types, weaving techniques, and color theory. Use it as an introductory activity for a weaving unit, an art-class vocabulary review, or a craft-focused challenge puzzle.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Crafts
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated May 2021

Word List

  • ABRASION
  • ABSORBANCY
  • ACCENT
  • AFTERTHOUGHTENDS
  • ASSERTIVE
  • BALANCE
  • BAST
  • BUBBLY
  • CALCULATORS
  • CELLULOSE
  • CHAOS
  • CLARITY
  • COMBINATION
  • COMPLEXITY
  • CONTINGENCYPLANS
  • WARPDOMINANT
  • DEMYSTIFY
  • DENTINGSEQUENCE
  • DESIGNINGINTHEREED
  • DIFFERENTIALSHRINKAGE
  • WEFTDOMINANT
  • DIMENSIONAL
  • DISTINCTSTRIPES
  • DISTRIBUTION
  • DOMINEERING
  • DRAFT
  • DRAGONS
  • DRAWDOWN
  • DRESSREHEARSAL
  • DRYFINISHING
  • DYELOT
  • ELASTICITY
  • COMPATIBILITY
  • WRANGLE
  • EXTINGUISH
  • EXTRUDED
  • FILAMENT
  • FLAME
  • FOLDEDWARP
  • GRAINLINE
  • GRIST
  • HARMONIZE
  • IMPRESSIONIST
  • INSURANCE
  • INTERLEAVED
  • IRREGULAR
  • JUXTAPOSE
  • LIMITEDQUANTITY
  • LUSCIOUS
  • LUSTER
  • MAINTAINTENSION
  • MASTERYARNCHART
  • MELTING
  • MINICHAIN
  • MOMENTUM
  • MOOD
  • MOTIF
  • MOVEMENT
  • MYSTERYYARN
  • NUMBERCRUNCHING
  • NYLON
  • YARNCHICKEN
  • OOMPH
  • OPTICALMIXING
  • PHOTOSHOP
  • YARNCONSTRUCTION
  • PROPORTION
  • PROTEIN
  • QUESERASERA
  • RATIO
  • REFLECTED
  • RHYTHMIC
  • RISK
  • RUFFLES
  • RUNNINGSHORT
  • SAMPLING
  • SATURATION
  • SEDUCTIVE
  • SHIFTINGSETT
  • PATTERNING
  • SHOWCASE
  • SHRINKAGE
  • SIMULTANEOUSCONTRAST
  • SNEAKYTRICKS
  • CMYKCOLORWHEEL
  • STASH
  • YARNWRAPS
  • STRIPEPLAN
  • CATS
  • CHOCOLATE
  • SYNCHRONIZE
  • TENSION
  • TOWLINEN
  • TREADLINGVARIATIONS
  • TWILLLINE
  • TWIST
  • UNEXPECTED
  • UNSATURATED
  • VARIABLES

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