1. What raw materials are used? Raw materials commonly used for yarn design include wool, modal, cotton, linen, silk, viscose, cashmere, acrylic, polyester, cupro, acetic acid, modified fibers, etc.
Among the above raw materials, let's analyze the characteristics of several widely used raw materials:
A. Advantages of wool: better fluffiness; good breathability; good warmth retention, etc. Disadvantages: more expensive; not easy to take care of; easy to be eaten by insects, etc.
B. Advantages of cotton: good water absorption; soft and skin-friendly, non-irritating to the skin; easy to wash. Disadvantages: Easy to wrinkle; good water absorption but not easy to dry when exposed to water, which is not conducive to perspiration.
C. Acrylic fiber has advantages: soft and good hand feel; disadvantages: prone to pilling and static electricity; lower grade.
D. Advantages of silk: It has good gloss; it is soft and skin-friendly, and it is non-irritating to the skin.
Disadvantages: Difficult to take care of, prone to snagging, easy to be eaten by insects, etc. The above are all based on the common impression of "100% pure fiber".
It is not difficult to see that any fiber raw material has its advantages and its own shortcomings. One of the changing elements of yarn design is that it can be blended at a certain proportion, that is, by adding different proportions of other fibers to cover the original shortcomings of the main fiber while retaining the advantages of the main fiber to the greatest extent possible.
