Classification of Textiles (Ⅰ)

Fabric: Textile is generally called as fabric, having various categories. Based on materials, fabric can be classified into pure fabric (including cotton, feather, hemp, silk, artificial fiber and synthetic fiber), blend fabric and mixed fabric. Based on processing, fabric can be classified into primary colors fabric, bleached woven fabric, dyed fabric, printed fabric, etc. For usage, fabric can be classified into clothing fabric, decorative fabric, industrial fabric, etc.

Plain cloth: Plain weave fabric which has close warp and weft densities and equivalent roughness. Plain cloth has simple organization, compact stricture and smooth surface. Based on the roughness of yarn, plain cloth can be classified into classique, medium plain cloth and cossas. Based on materials, plain cloth can be classified into purified cotton, polyester cotton, acrylic cotton, lanca, rayon, polynosic, etc. Classique is also called as coarse cloth. The surface of coarse cloth is coarse. It has thick and solid feel. The material of classique is low grade cotton. Classique is classified into greige cloth and grey cloth. Greige cloth is mainly used as packing materials. Grey cloth can be made from shirts, trousers, beddings and vamp cloth after being bleached and dyed. It can also be processed into oilcloth, sail, etc. Medium plain cloth is called as plain cloth, having compact structure and smooth surface. Plain cloth can be classified into grew sheet and grey fabric. Grew sheet can be on sale directly for its natural color. It can be made from shirt, trousers, quit and lining cloth. It can also be used as industrial cloth. Grey fabric can be processed into bleached cotton, cotton print, colored cloth.

Poplin: The surface of poplin shows diamond particles constituted by warp. Warp density is higher than weft density. Poplin has light weight, compact structure, clear pellets, smooth surface, slippery feel. Poplin has various categories. Based on structure of yarn, poplin can be classified into poplinette, half line poplin and the whole line poplin. Based on spinning techniques, poplin can be classified into carded poplin, semiworsted spinning poplin and whole worsted spinning poplin. Poplin is used to make from t-shirts, wind coat, rain coat and coat.

Cambric: Cambric has advantages of clear strip, thin and coll. Cambric is made of cotton tarn and various fibers. The common utilizes cambric is cotton or polyester fabric. For the structure of cambric, zonal washing shrinkage is larger than warp direction. So spare should be maintained when sewing clothes. Printed cambric is used as raw materials of jackets or dresses.