1. According to the production mode of fabrics, they are divided into warp knitting and weft knitting.
2. Classification according to fabric structure
(1) The basic warp knitting structures of single-comb warp knitting fabric are warp knitting, satin knitting and warp knitting. However, in actual production, double-comb or multi-comb warp knitting structure is generally used as coat or shirt. In the double-comb warp knitted fabric, warp velveteen weave, warp plain weave and warp diagonal chain weave are widely used.
(2) The basic structure of weft knitted fabric mainly includes plain weave (commonly known as sweat cloth), rib weave (commonly known as elastic cloth), double rib weave (also known as double front weave, commonly known as cotton wool cloth) and double back weave (also known as pearl weave). There are cushion weave, tuck stitch weave, terry weave, pineapple weave, leno weave, ripple weave, plush weave, warp and weft insert weave and composite weave.
Category of Wool Knitted Clothing
1. Classification by raw material composition
(1) Pure wool (including blended wool): it can be divided into woolen sweater, cashmere sweater, camel hair shirt, lamb hair (short hair) shirt, rabbit hair blended shirt, camel hair blended shirt and yak hair blended shirt.
(2) Blended fabrics: they can be divided into wool/acrylic, rabbit hair/acrylic, mohair/acrylic, camel hair/acrylic, cashmere/nylon blended shirts, cashmere/silk blended shirts, etc.
(3) Pure chemical fiber (including chemical fiber blended type): it can be divided into elastic nylon shirts, elastic polypropylene shirts, elastic polyester shirts, acrylic bulky shirts, acrylic/polyester, viscose/nylon blended shirts, etc.
(4) Interwoven fabric: it can be divided into wool acrylic fabric, rabbit wool acrylic fabric, wool cotton woven shirt, etc.
2. Classification by spinning process
(1) Combs: knitted wool, fine wool, sweaters, thick sweaters, etc. Spinning by combing process.
(2) Carding category: all kinds of sweaters, cashmere sweaters, rabbit sweaters, camel sweaters, shiran sweaters, etc. Woven by knitting yarn spun by carding process.
(3) Colored yarn sweater: A colored sweater woven with colored knitting pile (terry yarn, knotless yarn and brushed yarn). This kind of sweater is unique in appearance, style and artistry.
3. Classification by knitting machine type
Sweater fabrics are generally weft knitted fabrics, including circular knitting machine products and flat knitting machine products.
(1) Circular knitting machine products: refers to sweaters that are woven into cylindrical grey cloth by circular knitting machine and then cut and sewn.
(2) Flat knitting machine products: refers to sweaters made by knitting garment blanks with hand-operated flat knitting machines and then processing and sewing them. It can also refer to the grey cloth woven by computer flat knitting machine, which is cut and sewn into sweaters.
4. Classification by fabric structure.
Generally divided into single-sided, Siping, fish scale, jacquard, pull flower, pick flower, twist and so on.
5. Classification according to the modified mode
It can be divided into printing, embroidery, applique, tie-flower, beaded flower, plate flower, napping, felting, inlaying, relief and so on.
(1) Printed sweater: The pattern is printed on the sweater by printing process to improve the beautification effect, which is a new variety of sweater. Printed patterns include whole body printing, predecessor printing, local printing and so on. Beautiful appearance, strong artistic appeal and good decoration.
(2) Embroidering sweaters: Embroidering various flower patterns on sweaters by manual or mechanical means. The patterns are exquisite and colorful, mostly tops and children's clothes. There are natural embroidered sweaters, plain embroidered sweaters, colored embroidered sweaters, velvet embroidered sweaters, silk embroidered sweaters, gold and silver embroidered sweaters and so on.
(3) Pulling the Mao Mao sweater: the knitted sweater piece is napped, so that a layer of uniform and dense fluff is pulled up on the surface of the fabric. Mullah shirts feel fluffy and soft, and they are light and warm to wear.
(4) Shrinking sweaters: Also known as shrinking Mao Mao shirts and sweaters, they generally need felt. The cashmere sweater is dense and thick in texture, soft and plump in hand, dense and delicate in surface fluff, and comfortable and warm to wear.
(5) Embossed sweater: it is a new kind of sweater with strong artistic quality. The pattern is printed on the sweater with water-soluble anti-felting resin, and then the whole sweater is felted. The pattern printed with anti-felting agent does not produce felting phenomenon, and the surface of the fabric presents felting and non-felting embossed patterns, and then embossed with printing, so that the pattern has a strong three-dimensional effect, and the pattern is beautiful and elegant, giving people a novel and striking feeling.