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nainsooka (nainsook)   soft lightweight muslin.  Produced in the finishing processes from the same greige goods as used for batiste, cambric, lawn. 

nankeen a durable brownish yellow cotton fabric originally loomed by hand in China.  

napery household linen, especially table linen.

napkin  handkerchief; kerchief.  A napkin is also utilized to clean the messy food from your face after eating a marvelous meal. 

natural  of an off-white or beige color.

natural dyes  are a class of colorants extracted from vegetative matter and animal residues.

navy  a variable color averaging a dark grayish purplish blue.

neckerchief   a kerchief for the neck.

necktie   a narrow length of material worn about the neck and tied in front

neckwear   articles of clothing, as ties and scarves, worn about the neck

needlepoint lace worked with a needle over a paper pattern.

negligee   a woman's long flowing usually sheer dressing gown; careless informal or incomplete attire

nehru jacket   named after Jawaharial Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. The jacket was well known for its lack of lapels and lack of a collar.

net an open-meshed fabric twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals.  Made on a lace machine or gauze or leno weaves.   A mesh fabric made in a variety of geometric-shaped meshes of different sizes and weights. It is very open and light.  

newmarket   a long close-fitting coat worn in the 19th century

nightcap   a cloth cap worn with nightclothes

nightclothes   garments for wear in bed

nightdress   nightgown; nightclothes

nightgown   a loose garment for wear in bed

nightie   a nightgown for a woman or child

night rail  nightgown

nightshirt   a nightgown resembling a shirt

nile green  a pale yellow green.

ninon  a sheer, fairly crisp fabric, heavier than chiffon. Much like voile, but more body.  The warp yarns are often grouped in pairs.  

noil  short fiber removed during the combing of a textile fiber and often separately spun into yarn.

nonwovens are a sheet, web, or batt of natural and/or man-made fibers or filaments, excluding paper, that have not been converted into yarns, and that are bonded to each other by any of several means.

norfolk jacket   a loose-fitting belted single-breasted jacket with box pleats

nosepiece   a piece of armor for protecting the nose

novelty / accent  yarns   these yarns are very very fine and are not intended to be used by themselves; they are intended to be knit with another yarn and will provide additional color and texture to a finished fabric.

nut-brown  of the color of a brown nut.

nylon any of numerous strong tough elastic synthetic polyamide materials that are fashioned into fabrics.