Introduction to fully fashioned knitwear (Part 04)

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Fully Fashion Knitwear

Textile Yarn

Yarn is the twisted form of fiber.

According to American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM) “A generic term for a continuous strand of textile fiber is called yarn”.

Classification of Textile Yarn:

Definitions of Textile Yarn:

• Spun yarn are made by twisting together of staple fibers.

• Filament yarn is by the assembly of continuous filament.

• Monofilament yarn consists of only a single continuous thread.

• Multifilament yarn is made from multiple filaments.

• Complex/ Novelty/ Fancy yarn is the yarn which has special effects on its own appearance.

• Cords are made by twisting plied yarn.

• Cables are produced by plying cords.

• Slub yarn contains bulky/ fluffy region.

• Loop yarn requires a base yarn (core yarn) around which the fancy or effect yarn is wrapped.

Common yarn used in the fully fashion knitwear like;

Basic Type:

• 100% Acrylic
• Acrylic Mélange
• Blended Acrylic
• 100% Wool
• Mixed Wool
• 100% Cotton
• Blended Cotton

Fancy Type:

• Chenille
• Angora tweed
• Nep yarn/ Slub yarn
• Mohaire
• Tape yarn
• Kashmere like

• SMM: Spinning Metric Measurement (Count of the yarn before dyeing)
• DMM: Dyeing Metric Measurement (Count of the yarn after dyeing)

To be continue....