Professional terms for fabrics

Width

——The effective width of the fabric is usually expressed in inches or centimeters. The common ones are 36 inches, 44 inches, 56-60 inches, etc., respectively called narrow, medium and wide. Fabrics higher than 60 inches are Extra-wide fabrics are generally called wide fabrics. Today, the width of China's extra-wide fabrics can reach 360 cm. The width is generally marked after the density. For example, if the width of the fabric mentioned in 3 is added, it will be expressed as: "45X45/108X58/60"" that is, the width is 60 inches.

Weight

——The grammage of the fabric is generally the gram of the fabric weight in square meters. The grammage is an important technical indicator of knitted fabrics. Woolen woolen cloth usually also regards grammage as an important technical indicator. The weight of denim fabric is generally expressed in "ounces (OZ)", that is, the number of ounces per square yard of fabric weight, such as 7 ounces, 12 ounces of denim, etc.;

Yarn-dyed

—— Japanese called "first dyed fabric", which refers to the process of dyeing yarn or filament first, and then using dyed yarn for weaving. This kind of fabric is called "dyed fabric" and it is a factory that produces dyed fabrics. It is generally called a dyeing and weaving factory, such as denim, and most of the shirt fabrics are yarn-dyed fabrics;