Author : Farial Islam Farha and Nasrin Akter

A plain single jersey fabric is the most obligate weft knitted fabric in the terra of textiles. But this fabric can not be commenced with any type of yarn. Spirality is an inherent problem of single jersey fabric. Therefore to select appropriate yarn with proper Twist (Twist per inch) is a vital issue to minimize this problem to a large extent. The present study was undertaken with an aim to study the effect of varying yarn twist on Bursting strength, pilling resistance and finally Spirality of plain single jersey weft knitted fabric. Three specific count of yarn each with three different TPI was taken to knit the plain single jersey fabric. Finally Bursting strength, pilling resistance and spirality were checked for finished fabric. It was observed that with increasing twist, bursting strength and pilling resistance shows better performance while performance of spirality declines for each count of yarn.

Keywords: Twist, Single jersey, Bursting strength, pilling resistance, spirality

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.6 (Dec-2015)