Comparison of Knit and Woven fabrics

Knitting Weaving
Comfort and appearance Retention
Mobile, elastic fabric. Adapts easily to body rigid to stress (unless made with stretch yarns)
Movement. Good recovery from wrinkles varies with the weave.

Cover
Porous, less opaque. More open spaces between Provides maximum hiding power.meximum
Yarn let winds penetrate. Cover per weight of yarn.
Less air permeable, especially if count is high.
Fabric stability
Less stable in wear and care. Many shrink more more stable in wear and care. Many shrink
Then 5% unless synthetic fibers have been less then 2 percent.
Heat set.
Versatility
Sheer to heavyweight fabric. Plain and fancy sheer to heavyweight fabric. Many different
Knits. Can be made to look weaves, lace, and textures and designs.
Other fabrics
Economics
Design patterns can be changed quickly to machinery less adaptable to rapid change
Meet fashion needs. In fashion.
Process is less expensive but is offset by most economical method of producing a
Expensive raw material costs. Speedier unit of cover. Wider loom weave slower.
Regardless of fabric width.
 Comparison of Filling Warp Knits

Filling Knits Warp Knits

Yarn run horizontally yarn run vertically
Loops joined one to anther loop joined one to another
In the same course in adjoining course

Connections are horizontal Connections are diagonal

More design possibilities higher productivity
More compact fabric more compact fabric
Two – way stretch crosswise stretch, little lengthwise
Stretch

Run, most ravel do not run or ravel

Hand or machine process machine process
Flat or circular flat
Can have finished edges
Can knit shaped garments, garment pieces, or yardage produced as yardage

Filling-Knitting Machines and fabrics

 Single Knit Double Knit

Circular
Jersey-flat Jersey-circular Flat(rib/Interlock) (rib/Interlock)
Description straight bar holding see figure 28-11 two flat needle beds see figure 28-11
One set of latch one set of latch formed in one set of needles
Needles Needles position, mounted on dial,
See figure28-11 one set on cylinder
Yarn carried back yarn carried yarns carried back multiple feed- yarn
And forth around and forth carried around
Needle selection
Mechanism
Purpose is to shape Electronic control stitch- transfer
Garments patterns make Carriage can switch
Range of designs from one bed to
Another to make
Variety of stitches
Kinds of Basic Knit stitch workhouse of Double knit-plain
Knits and knitting industry and jacquard
End uses double knits
Fabric has different fabric has different same appearance face
Appearance on face appearance face and and back
And back back
Full-fashioned high –volume used when fabric
Garments production must have finished
Seamless hose edge
Jersey, velour, terry collars, trims
Advantages Economical use fastest method loess waste then high-speed
Of yarn circular rib production
Excellent design
Flexibility
Garment always on versatile in yarn
grain usage
design variations
possible
Limitations quite slow in variety of pattern slow speed complex machine
Production possibilities downtime can be a
Higher priced end availed problem
Product
Single-feed system