Common types of sweatshirt fabrics include terry sweatshirt fabric, fleece sweatshirt fabric, and thicker knitted fabrics such as air layer and Roman cloth. Their structural characteristics and wearing performance are as follows:
The composition of terry cloth and sweatshirt fabric can be divided into pure cotton, polyester cotton, etc. It has a flat twisted structure on one side and a semicircular fish scale terry on the other side. Sweatshirts made of this type of terry cloth are generally thicker and used as coats or thick sweatshirts. Although it is thick, it is fluffy, breathable and wear-resistant. Sweatshirt fabric can also be woven with spandex to make a stretch sweatshirt fabric, and its elasticity will be significantly better than that without spandex.
Fleece sweatshirt fabric is generally suitable for autumn and winter styles. Fleece sweatshirt fabric is a layer of fleece technology superimposed on the basis of terry sweatshirt fabric. The front of the fabric is not much different from terry cloth, and the back has a fleece technology. It is very soft and skin-friendly and comfortable. Wearing fleece sweatshirts in autumn and winter can easily achieve the effect of keeping warm. Fleece sweater fabrics also have different thicknesses, mainly distinguished by gram weight. Commonly used gram weights are 280-300gsm, 330-350gsm, 380-400gsm.
Air layer fabric (also known as space cotton) is also a common cotton fabric for sweaters. It has a plain weave structure with fine yarn counts on both sides, usually 32, 40, or 50 combed cotton. If the style is designed to be worn on both sides, no matter which side is used as the bottom surface, there will be no discomfort even if there is no bottoming. And if spandex is added to the air layer fabric, the elasticity will be better and more comfortable. At the same time, if the yarn of the bottom and the surface is changed to regenerated cellulose fiber blended yarn, such as cotton modal sweater cotton fabric, cotton viscose, cotton tencel sweater cotton fabric, etc., the comfort will be stronger. The air layer can be divided into: air layer jacquard, air layer cotton, knitted air layer, air layer cloth, jacquard air layer, etc.
Roman cloth can be divided into rayon Roman cloth, cotton Roman cloth, and nylon-spandex Roman cloth. Its surface is not as smooth as ordinary double-sided cloth, and it has some effects similar to slight horizontal stripes. The organizational structure is relatively tight, and the horizontal and vertical elasticity is not as good as ordinary double-sided cloth. It is precisely because of this feature that the fabric appears to be thicker, stiffer and more bony. It is very comfortable to wear, has a texture, is naturally light, has good stretch recovery performance, is smooth and wrinkle-free, and is used to make sweatshirts, jackets, knitted pants, skirts, etc.
The above is an introduction to the types of commonly used sweatshirt fabrics. Each commonly used sweatshirt fabric has its own characteristics, which can be determined according to the clothing style and needs.