Performance of Linen and its Mixture with Cotton and Polyester Knitted Fabrics

摘要

Knitwear industry is emerging as the fastest growingsegment of Indian garment exports compared to all other segments,including woven garments and the mill-made garments. Within thetextile industry, the role of hosiery or knitwear sector is increasingby the day. Knitting is the second most frequently used method offabric construction. Knitted fabrics may be constructed with a singleyarn that is formed into interlocking loops by the use of hookedneedles. There are several reasons for the growth of knitting industry– low capital investment for starting a new knitting unit, highproductivity of machine, faster and simpler operation, possibility tomanufacture more flexible styles and designs. Knitted fabrics are themost comfortable one and are in tune with time. Today knitting is acomplex industry, which has two main areas. One area producesknitted goods for apparel manufacturers, for the sewing centers forconsumers and for others. The other area produces completedapparel such as hosiery, sweaters and underwear. A study onPerformance of linen and its mixture with cotton and polyesterknitted fabrics and its utility for the same had been presented in thiswork. Firstly, linen, cotton and polyester yarns were procured fromthe market and fabric was manufactured by using flat bed knittingmachine of 100% linen, linen: cotton and linen: polyester in the plainand rib knits. After that scouring was done and different physicalparameters were tested which includes courses and wales, thickness,weight per unit area, pilling, dimensional stability, stiffness, creaserecovery, bursting strength and drape coefficient and thencomparison was done in between the different fabrics of the same knitand results were calculated on the basis of different parameterscalculated.