Plain cloth is a kind of cloth woven with plain weave. The opposite is twill cloth. When plain cloth is woven, cotton, hemp and chemical fiber are generally used as raw materials. Because of its many characteristics, it also has a wide range of uses. Next, let's explain the advantages and disadvantages of plain cloth and the differences between plain cloth and twill cloth.
The weaving method of plain cloth (interweaving of warp and weft yarns) determines that the cloth will be firm, wear-resistant and not easy to deform. At the same time, the cloth is light and breathable. In order to make the cloth more beautiful, printing or jacquard processing can be carried out on the cloth surface. Plain cloth can be divided into coarse / medium / fine 3 minutes according to the thickness of yarn.
Coarse plain cloth will have a thicker cloth surface than the other two types of plain cloth. Cotton is mainly selected as the weaving raw material, so it has excellent warmth retention and is suitable for the production of shirts and other clothing.
The weaving material of medium plain cloth is viscose fiber or cotton. The structure of the cloth surface is the most compact, but the hand feel is hard (viscose fiber will be harder than cotton). Most of these fabrics are used to make quilt sheets or processed into clothing fabrics.
The raw materials of fine plain cloth are similar to coarse plain cloth, but the finest yarn is used in weaving. The fabric surface is soft, delicate and very comfortable. This kind of cloth is mainly used to make clothes such as spring and autumn coats.
According to the thickness of warp and weft yarn used, it can be divided into coarse plain cloth, medium plain cloth and fine plain cloth. Fine plain cloth, also known as fine cloth, is woven from some viscose yarn, cotton viscose yarn, polyester cotton yarn and other fabrics. It is characterized by fine, clean and soft body, light, thin and compact texture and less impurities on the cloth surface; For example, fine cloth is mostly used as grey cloth for bleaching cloth, colored cloth and fancy cloth. After processing, it can be used as underwear, trousers, summer coat, blouse and other fabrics. If classified according to the fabric organization, cotton fabrics can be called plain cloth, twill cloth and satin cloth respectively.
Plain cloth is the general name of plain weave cotton of various specifications, including plain and plain weave, various cotton plain cloth with different specifications and styles, such as coarse plain cloth, medium plain cloth, fine plain cloth, yarn poplin, half thread poplin, full line poplin, hemp yarn and brushed plain cloth.
Twill cloth is the general term of various specifications of twill weave cotton cloth, including twill and twill change organization. There are 44 kinds of cotton twill cloth with different specifications and styles, such as yarn twill, yarn serge, half line serge, yarn khaki, half line khaki, full line khaki, brushed twill cloth, etc.
