We often hear the terms knitted tops, woven jackets, etc., but many people don’t quite understand what knitting is and what woven is. Today we will talk about the classification of fabrics from the perspective of weaving.
From a weaving perspective, fabrics can be divided into three categories: knitted, woven, and non-woven.
1. Knitted
Knitted fabric is a fabric formed by using knitting needles to bend yarns into loops and pass them through each other.
Knitted fabrics are mainly divided into weft knitted fabrics and warp knitted fabrics.
Weft knitting uses one or more yarns to form loops sequentially along the transverse (weft) direction of the cloth surface.
Warp knitting uses multiple yarns to loop sequentially along the longitudinal direction (warp direction) of the cloth surface at the same time.
2. Woven fabric
Woven fabric is a kind of loom that interweaves yarns in the warp and weft directions in the form of shuttle picking. Composed of fabric.
Woven fabrics mainly include three types of weaves: plain weave, twill weave and satin weave.
The weave formed by warp and weft yarns interlaced one up and down is called plain weave.
The weave in which the warp weave points (or weft weave points) form continuous diagonal lines is called twill weave.
The warp and weft yarns only intersect once every four or more yarns. The fabric surface has long floating lines in the warp or weft direction is called a satin weave. Satin weave can be divided into weft satin weave and warp satin weave.
3. Non-woven fabric
Non-woven fabric, also called non-woven fabric, is a fabric that does not require spinning or weaving. Fabrics made by orienting or randomly arranging textile short fibers or filaments to form a fiber mesh structure, which is then reinforced using mechanical, thermal bonding or chemical methods. For example, the melt-blown fabric used in masks is a type of non-woven fabric.
