17. Jersey Knitting
Jersey Fabric
The consistent interlooping of yarns in the jersey
stitch to produces a fabric with a smooth, flat face,
and a more textured, but uniform back. Jersey
fabrics may be produced on either circular or flat
weft knitting machines.
Jersey Stitch
A basic stitch used in weft knitting, in which each
loop formed in the knit is identical. The jersey
stitch is also called the plain, felt, or stockinet
stitch.
21. Fleece Fabric
End Use :
A fabric made by sheep wool, soft warm
A fabric soft , warm bulky
Generally used to:
Protection from cold
Sweat absorption (sweat shirt)
Baby clothes
22. Fleece --
A fabric knitted with two types of yarn. Fine
yarn is on front side and course yarn on back
side. In most of cases fine yarn is 100%
cotton while course yarn is P/C 50:50
Normal combination and fiber ratio:
30/16, 20/10, 26/12 etc
PC/C, C/PC
24. Two thread Fleece
Very rare
Was popular when three thread fleece were
not common
Generally not liked due to impassion of
course yarn on front side
Low quality product
25.
Made on single jersey machines
Maximum medium weight, since very course
yarn difficult to use
Long loop is difficult
27. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO THEAD FLEECE
Light to medium weight
Double impact on front side, particularly in
case of different fibers
No good brushing possible due to short
length of loop
28. Three Thread Fleece
Made on fleece machines
High grammage is possible( 500 GSM)
High brushing due to long loop on back side
Maximum course yarn is possible ( up to 10 count)
on back side
Very common in use
Fleece machine guage is 16 or 18
31. Total consumption three kgs
Calculation:
front yarn 2 kgs 100 % cotton
Back yarn 1 kg ( ½ Kg polyester and ½ kg cotton
Total Cotton consumed 2 + 0.5 =2.5 Kgs
Total polyester consumed ½ kg
Ratio: cotton= 2.5/3*100= 83.33%
Polyester= 0.53*100=16.66%
Such ratio is normally called 80:20 Fleece
32. Main characteristics of Three
Highly absorbent
High weight is possible
Can use entirely different yarn on both
sides( even dyed yarn)
Pattern is possible ( diagonal stripes etc)
Very common in use
33. Fleece problems and their remedies
Uneven loop – control yarn supply
Loop stretch– control cam tension
Needle line on front side
Wales thickness variation on front side due to
fluff contamination between the needles,
needs regular cleaning, more cleaning is
required due to course yarn
34.
Poor brushing–due to high TPI yarn– use low
TPI
Dyeing variation due to different percentage
of yarn… calculate exact % by using Skelton
test
Steak problem after dyeing due to heavy
weight fabric--- use anti creasing agents in
dyeing