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construction of Woven fabric & Knit fabric

2006-08-24 03:48:11 · 1 answers · asked by Hebe 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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When the fabric is made with the traditional kinds of material like cotton, wool, or silk without any spandex mixed in, a woven fabric would be less stretchy than a knitted one, particularly when the woven fabric is stretched against the bias (in the same direction as the threads, and not on the diagonal). Woven fabrics are best suited for garments like suits which would need to retain their shape, and have some stiffness. Knits are generally softer and more comfortable and can be the easiest to wear intimately.

When a woven fabric is cut, it will tend to fray in a flat-lying, direction pulling away whereever the grid loses its structure, whereas a knit would fray in a curl, particularly if it was knit in the typical stockinette stitch, where the curl reveals the purl (typically "wrong") side on the outside.

It would be easier to knit a garment whose pieces have no cuts than it would be to weave a garment without cuts, although a serger can make it seem like a woven fabric would not fray.

Without knowing why you need to know this, or what you hope to understand about the differences, I can't offer much more than this. Good luck; hope this helps.

2006-08-26 21:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by sandra_panda 6 · 0 0

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