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Plain knit fabric
Single jersey front side under microscope
Jersey
is a
knit
fabric
used predominantly for
clothing
manufacture. It was originally made of
wool
, but is now made of
wool
,
cotton
and
synthetic fibers
.
History
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The material was first produced in
Jersey
,
Channel Islands
, which had been an important exporter of knitted goods since
medieval
times.
[1]
In 1916,
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
upset the fashion industry by using jersey at a time when it was strictly associated with underwear. "This designer made jersey what it is today?we hope she's satisfied," said
Vogue
in 1999. "It's almost as much part of our lives as blue
serge
is."
[2]
Structure
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Jersey is a weft knit fabric that is knitted on a single set of needles with all loops meshing in the same direction.
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By and large, it is knitted in plain stitch.
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It is also called plain.
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On the other hand, the double jersey is knit using two sets of needles, does not curl at the edges (when cut) and has a more stable structure.
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Types
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The fabric can be a very stretchy
single knitting
, usually light-weight, jersey with one flat side and one piled side.
[5]
When made with a lightweight yarn, this is the fabric most often used to make
T-shirts
.
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Or it can be a double knitted jersey (interlock jersey), with less stretch, that creates a heavier fabric of two single jerseys knitted together to leave the two flat sides on the outsides of the fabric, with the piles in the middle.
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Interlock jersey is sometimes used as a more formal alternative knit to the traditional
pique
knit for
polo shirts
and is generally the preferred knit for those made from
pima cotton
.
Jersey is considered to be an excellent fabric for
draped garments
, such as dresses and women's tops.
The following types of jersey can be distinguished:
- Single jersey
- Double jersey
- Interlock jersey
- Jacquard jersey
- Clocque jersey
- Stretch jersey
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