In summer, people often wear T-shirts. Generally, good quality T-shirts have strict weight standards. If they are too heavy or too light, they will be uncomfortable to wear. 160-220 grams is the best.
So what kind of T-shirt has good texture? Generally, it starts from the fabric and the pattern. Let’s answer the question of what fabric is good for T-shirts.
- What is weight?
Weight is generally used to indicate the thickness of the fabric. The heavier the weight, the thicker the clothes. T-shirts generally weigh between 160 and 220 grams. Too thin will be very transparent, too thick will be stuffy, and generally choose 180-280 grams. (Short-sleeved T-shirts are generally 180-220 grams, which is just the right thickness to wear. Long-sleeved T-shirts generally choose 260 grams of fabric, which is thickened)
- What is the count?
Definition: The length and code of cotton yarn with a standard weight of one pound.
1) Coarse yarn: pure cotton yarn of 18 counts or less, mainly used for weaving thick fabrics or piled and looped cotton fabrics.
2) Medium yarn: pure cotton yarn of 19-29 counts. Mainly used for knitted garments with general requirements.
3) Fine yarn: pure cotton yarn of 30-60 counts. Mainly used for high-end needle cotton fabrics.
The higher the count, the softer it is. T-shirts are generally 21 and 32 counts.
- What is combing?
T-shirt cotton yarn can be divided into carded yarn and combed yarn.
1) Carded yarn: refers to yarn spun by carded spinning process, also known as uncombed yarn.
2) Combed yarn: refers to yarn produced by using high-quality cotton fiber as raw material, and the combing process is added to the spinning process compared to carded yarn. The surface of the fabric is relatively neat and the feel is also very soft.
- 100% cotton: the most common material. Of course, there are many kinds of cotton, and the worsted ones are better. The advantages are good moisture absorption and environmental protection, and the disadvantages are that it is easy to change and wrinkle. The characteristics of pure cotton fabrics: good hand feel, comfortable and environmentally friendly, the gram weight is generally between 160 grams and 300 grams. If it is too thin, it will be very transparent, and if it is too thick, it will be stuffy. Generally, it is better to choose a weight between 180-260 grams.
- Cotton polyester: that is, cotton + polyester, generally 80% + 20%. This overcomes the shortcomings of pure cotton that it is easy to wrinkle and deform, and the moisture absorption is also excellent, which is better than pure cotton.
- Cotton + nylon: Super good. It has all the advantages of cotton, elastic, and has a silk version. It is comfortable to wear.
- Cotton + Lycra (Spandex): This is an elastic fabric, which is generally more slimming, showing the figure, and wearing it close to the body will not feel the same as wrapping it up, and it is elastic. When it is warmer in autumn, you can still wear cotton card, but wear pure cotton for thicker clothes, because cotton card is generally thinner, and wearing pure polyester in cold weather is easy to generate static electricity, which is very annoying, so pure cotton is definitely the first choice for cold weather. Cotton and polyester are generally divided into outer fabric and lining. The lining of polyester is prone to static electricity.
- Modal: A new type of environmentally friendly material, which is hundreds of times more absorbent than cotton. It is quite good. The only disadvantage is that it is easy to change. It is very good if it is blended with polyester or Lycra. It combines the comfort of cotton, the drape of viscose, the strength of polyester, and the feel of silk. It also has the softness and bright color after repeated washing. The knitting process still combines the softness, fluffyness, high elasticity and comfort of the fiber and knitting itself, so that the superior performance of the two complement each other. On the knitting circular knitting machine (large circular knitting machine), the single-sided and double-sided knitted fabrics interwoven with modal and spandex bare silk are soft, smooth, elastic, drapey, bright, hygroscopic and breathable, and have a silk-like feel. Fashionable clothing designed with this kind of fabric can maximize the human body curve and sculpt the sexiness and charm of the female body. It is a high-grade knitted clothing favored by avant-garde fashion people.
- 100% Polyester: Functional fabric from ADIDAS and NIKE, suitable for wearing during exercise. It can evaporate sweat in time without the heavy feeling of sweating when wearing pure cotton. It is suitable for sports. Athletes will wear polyester instead of cotton.