A friend asked me if I could buy a cashmere sweater by myself. Would it save more money? This is indeed a method, but is it really easy to operate and really save money? Let's look at the possibilities and risks.
1、 If you buy special hand-woven cashmere wool and come back to weave it by yourself, and the thread is specially processed hand-woven thread, you can do it as long as you return.
2、 If you buy woven thread, you should consider it. Our cashmere sweaters are woven on the flat knitting machine with woven yarn. The cashmere yarn produced by the brand is professional machine-made yarn, which is used for the machine in the garment factory. There is still a big difference between the machine-made yarn and the hand-woven wool.
The specialized hand knitting wool can be associated with the wool used by mothers when they were young. It is soft and fluffy and relatively thick. It is a soft sweater that can be worn after weaving.
However, the yarn for machine use is generally tube yarn, and the conventional yarn is much thinner than the hand-woven yarn, which has not raised the pile surface. The fabric woven from such yarn is called raw fabric. The handle of raw fabric is close to cotton and hemp. The hard fabric is completely different from the finished cashmere sweater. After weaving, there is a process called cashmere shrinking. The cashmere surface of cashmere sweater is opened through special cashmere auxiliaries and washing process, such as soaking and washing.
In fact, washing and shrinking is a very professional thing. Good washing needs years of experience to do well. The washing water in professional and regular factories is only responsible for washing and shrinking. The washing method of yarns with different counts of the same composition is different, and even the washing time and auxiliary ratio of yarns with different colors of the same specification and brand are different (because different color dyes are different), which is a very refined process.
However, it is difficult for individuals to handle the shrinkage of their own yarn when they buy it. They basically handle all yarns in the same way. Either it can't be washed out and the pile feels hard, and the pile is either too big or too small. Maybe you think you have softened it too. In fact, in our professional opinion, there are few things that can be handled well, and there is no good feeling of cashmere. Excellent material and moderate suede are the real cashmere sweater.
Another point is that the size of the cashmere sweater woven by the machine is different before and after shrinking, and there will be a shrinkage ratio. The shrinkage ratio is different for different components and different count specifications. Professional knitting factories will calculate the shrinkage ratio before weaving. It is difficult for individuals to calculate the shrinkage. If the shrinkage is not well controlled, the size of the washing water will be wrong. It is either too large or too small to achieve the desired effect.
So unless you have the mature experience of buying machines to weave yarn or have the guidance of people who have operated around you, it is generally not recommended for novices to operate. If you do not do it well, you will pay the tuition fee.
3、 Another case is to find a cashmere sweater processing factory to do it. It is ok if there is a reliable and familiar processing factory. It is generally no problem to make the basic model. If it is to make the special style that you like, then the problem is that the one made by the master may not meet your expectations.
Because normally, when a business develops a mature style, it needs to make a sample first and then try it on and adjust it for many times before making a sample. Only after repeated times can a mature style be produced. The processing is done at one time, and there is no chance to modify and polish, so the details or the size of some places are generally not satisfactory. The finished clothes can only be changed. Even if they are not very satisfactory, they can only be changed.
In another case, if you encounter an unreliable unscrupulous processing shop, you may be at risk of being changed. Use his low-quality yarn of the same color to exchange your high-quality cashmere yarn. After all, cashmere yarn is very expensive. This situation does exist.
Or if you encounter a black-hearted merchant, for example, if you originally sent him a tube of yarn that could have made more than three pieces, he will tell you that only two pieces can be made because of wear and tear. In fact, there will be wear and tear when making clothes, but he will exaggerate the wear and tear and embezzle the extra yarn. In this way, the original intention of saving money is not to save money. This is not uncommon.
In a word, you may encounter problems in all aspects of yarn processing, such as thread purchase, processing and style. You need to be more careful and take into account all kinds of situations to avoid wasting money. It's really tedious for lazy people. Processing is risky. It needs to be careful when entering the pit. If you are afraid that the trouble is really not as good as the professional thing, it would be better to find a reliable and cost-effective shop to buy cashmere sweaters, and spare time to do something more fulfilling
