Differences between knitted fabric woven fabric knitted fabric woven fabric have their own unique characteristics in the processing technology, fabric structure, fabric characteristics, finished product use due to different knitting methods. Some comparisons are made here.
（1） The structure of fabric: (1) knitted fabric: it is formed by the sequence of yarns bending into a coil, the coils are connected with each other to form a fabric, the process of yarn forming a coil can be carried out horizontally vertically. The horizontal knitting is called weft knitting, while the vertical knitting is called warp knitting. (2) Woven fabric: it is made of two more groups of mutually perpendicular yarns interweaved by warp weft at a 90 degree angle. The longitudinal yarn is called warp the transverse yarn is called weft.
（2） Basic unit of fabric organization: (1) knitwear: the loop is the smallest basic unit of knitwear, the loop consists of a space curve of loop drying extension line. (2) Woven fabric: every intersection between warp weft is called weave point, which is the smallest basic unit of woven fabric.
（3） Fabric texture characteristics: (1) Knitted fabric: because the coil is made of yarn bending in space, each coil is composed of one yarn. When the knitted fabric is subject to external tension, such as longitudinal tension, the bending of the coil changes, while the height of the coil increases, while the width of the coil decreases. If the tension is transverse tension, on the contrary, the height width of the coil can obviously be changed under different tension conditions With mutual conversion, so the stretch of knitted fabric is large. (2) Woven fabric: due to the warp weft interweave some bending, bending in the direction perpendicular to the fabric plane, the degree of bending is related to the tension between the warp weft, the yarn rigidity. When the woven fabric is subject to external tension, such as longitudinal tension, the tension of the warp increases, the bending decreases, while the bending of the weft increases, such as longitudinal tension, until the warp At the same time, the fabric shrinks laterally. When the woven fabric is stretched laterally by the external tension, the tension of the weft increases, the bending decreases, the warp bending increases. For example, the transverse stretching does stop until the weft is fully extended, the fabric shrinks longitudinally. However, warp weft will change, which is different knitted fabric.
（4） Features of fabric structure: (1) knitted fabric: it can be extended in all directions, with good elasticity, because the knitted fabric is formed by a hole like coil, with greater air permeability soft hand. (2) Woven fabric: because the warp weft extension of woven fabric have little relationship with the shrinkage do change, the fabric is generally tight hard.
（5） Physical mechanical properties of fabric: (1) knitted fabric: physical mechanical properties of fabric, including vertical density, horizontal density, square meter weight, elongation, elasticity, breaking strength, wear resistance, crimping, thickness, dispersion, shrinkage, coverage bulk density. (2) Woven fabric: the physical mechanical properties of woven fabric, including the yarn density of warp weft, selvage, front back, the direction of wool reverse, fabric coverage.
