Structural Impact on Some Common Physical Properties of Single Jersey Weft Knit Fabric

Abstract

Single jersey weft knit fabrics include a large portion of knitted products. These fabrics are made using different types of stitches. In this study, several single jersey weft knit fabric samples containing four courses and two wales in the repeating unit of the fabric structure were made by introducing and gradually increasing the number of tuck stitches in the structure, to find out the effect of this stitch on fabric properties. Results showed that tuck stitches could positively affect the areal density, width, and tensile properties of the fabric. For some comfort-related properties, tuck stitches were found to improve wicking and drying properties, reduce water vapor transmission rate, and affect fabric smoothness. The position of tuck stitches in the structure also had some effect, but was not as significant as when the number of tuck stitches was varied.

Design of Undergarment for Female Racing Drivers

“…Depending on the structural properties of the samples, changing amounts of the filaments (nylon 6.6 and elastane) with different surface energy levels, accommodated in a given space of the samples, may also have affected the wicking rates of the samples studied. When it comes to the fabric type, the results suggested that irrespective of the single/double ply yarn usage, the presence of tuck and miss stitches in the samples improve wicking properties, and that the position of tuck and miss stitches in a knitted structure also has some effect (Table 1, Figure 5 (a, b)), which is to some extent in agreement with the literature [24,33]. This may be partly due to the fabric geometry changes at a local scale, which results from the different types of stitches (tuck stitch, etc.)…”

“…Some sports, including racing suit, retailers and brands were also investigated and reviewed. These activities, together with the literature on moisture management of knitted fabrics, helped gather information for analysing current racing suits and the accompanying underwear/active wear used with such suits [6,12,15,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Accordingly, 18 types of single jersey tubular samples were developed using single (70/68 denier) and double ply (70/68x2 denier) nylon 6.6 and 22/20 denier gimped yarns having 17 dtex elastane on a Santoni SM8-TOP 2 seamless machine (Figure 1).…”