A Guide to Textile and Clothing
A Guide to Textile and Clothing
Classification of Drafting Plan Straight Draft Straight draft is the most common and can be used with any number of shafts. Each successive thread is drawn on successive shafts, the first thread on the first shaft, the second thread on the second shaft, and so on. The last thread of the warp repeat is[…]
Can you think about your favorite bag or your favorite lined jacket without a zipper? Of course, the answer is nope! There is no better tool than a zipper for an easy opening or closing. Zipper plays a vital role in our day-to-day life. Different types and colors of zippers are available for different purposes. The[…]
Feed Systems Feed systems relate to the combination of the needle, throat plate, and pressure foot and feed dogs that control the feed of the material from stitch to stitch whilst regulating the relationship between the sewn plies. Some examples are given here- Drop Feed This is the standard feed system for regular sewing machines[…]
Marker Planning To cut a sample garment, the pattern components have to be economically arranged according to their grain lines and the pile direction of the fabric which is to be cut. The regular form of this arrangement is a rectangle width the short side equal to the net width of the fabric and the[…]
The Pattern The pattern is the primary link between design and production and must communicate accurately with all the functions that have to use the pattern. These functions are grading marker planning and sewing. This information is conveyed by numbers, marks, nips, and notches, etc., and not by written instructions. New sample patterns always require[…]
In all knitting machines, the main element for the intermeshing of loops is ‘the needle.’ Earlier straight pins were used in hand-knitting to kink the yarn to form a circle and intermesh the new loop through the old one. When the machine was developed in 1589 by William Lee, ‘a spring beard needle’ was used.[…]
