Double jersey
{{Short description|Knit fabric}}
Double jersey is a knit fabric produced with a double-bed circular knitting machine.{{Cite journal |last1=Pavlović |first1=Željka |last2=Vrljičak |first2=Zlatko |date=2020-01-01 |title=Comparing double jersey knitted fabrics made of Tencel and modal yarns, spun by different spinning methods |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1558925020919854 |journal=Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics |language=en |volume=15 |pages=1558925020919854 |doi=10.1177/1558925020919854 |issn=1558-9250|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=Double Knit Fabrics: More To Knits Than Ponte! - The Creative Curator |url=https://www.thecreativecurator.com/double-knit-fabric-properties/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |language=en-US}} It has loops on both sides. Therefore it is thicker and stable than a single jersey.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=How To Identify Different Types Of Knit Fabric? - Textile Details |url=https://textiledetails.com/how-to-identify-different-types-of-knit-fabric/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |language=en-US}} It is also known as double fabric. It is easy to sew with as it hardly gets rolled up.{{Cite web |last=Jakos |first=Damjana |date=2023-03-08 |title=Sewing with Knits: How To Sew Stretchy Fabrics |url=https://www.applegreencottage.com/sewing-with-knit-fabric/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=AppleGreen Cottage |language=en-US}} The fabric is used for a variety of clothing due to its reversibility and double-sided construction. The fabric is used for a variety of purposes.{{Cite web |title=What is double jersey fabric? |url=https://www.intufabric.com/What-is-double-jersey-fabric-n.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.intufabric.com}}
Structure
Double Jersey fabric is an interlocked design fabric. It is easy to work with as the material is heavy. The fabric is stretchy quality. The double jersey fabric is an interlocked jersey featuring two sheets of jersey fabric attached to the piled sides.{{Citation |title=jersey-jacquard fabric |date=2021 |work=The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles |url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501365072.8354 |access-date=2025-02-02 |publisher=Fairchild Books|doi=10.5040/9781501365072.8354 }} The fabric has resulted in its smooth and flat sides. The fabric is insulative and durable.{{Cite web |title=Double Jersey - Knitwork |url=https://knit.work/double-jersey/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=knit.work}}
= Knitting Patterns =
Double jersey fabric has a double knitting pattern. The pattern requires two different sets of needles to create a fabric. This is the reason the fabric is twice in thickness as ordinary knitting fabric. Two layers of knitting come closer because there is the use of stitches interlocking with one another. Needles used in the construction of fabric result in loops. These loops get formed on each side of the fabric. Loops are woven together in the making of a single structure.{{Cite web |title=Double Knit Fabric |url=https://fabriclore.com/blogs/fabric-wiki/information-about-double-knit-fabric |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Fabriclore |language=en}}
= Material =
Double jerseys are made of several types of materials. They are made of both natural and synthetic fibers. For instance, cotton, polyester, nylon, and even blends of fiber. Cotton blend fabric has elasticity and durability to wear. The fabric is soft to the touch. It is comfortable to wear as the main ingredient of the fabric is cotton. Synthetic fibers also provide the stretchiness to the fabric. It offers properties- moisture-wicking, air permeability, and other capabilities of quick drying. The fabric is an excellent choice to use in children’s clothing, yoga, and exercise clothing, and loungewear.{{Cite web |last=Industry |first=Textile |date=2022-10-04 |title=Difference between Single Jersey and Double Jersey Fabric |url=https://www.textileindustry.net/single-jersey-and-double-jersey-fabric/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Textile Industry |language=en-US}}
= Construction =
A double jersey is an interlocked fabric with two layers of the jersey.{{Cite journal |last1=Begum |first1=Most Setara |last2=Milašius |first2=Rimvydas |date=September 2022 |title=Factors of Weave Estimation and the Effect of Weave Structure on Fabric Properties: A Review |url=https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/10/9/74 |journal=Fibers |language=en |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=74 |doi=10.3390/fib10090074 |doi-access=free |issn=2079-6439}} The fabric has two layers of fabric that are interwoven together.{{Cite journal |last=Judge |first=Joan |date=2023-03-07 |title=Women as Vernacular Knowers in China's Long Republic (1894-1954): What We Can Learn from Cheap Print |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/15685268-02512025 |journal=NAN NÜ |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=189–197 |doi=10.1163/15685268-02512025 |issn=1387-6805}} The fabric is smooth on each side. There are back loops that are interlinked with the wales of alternated fabric. Therefore it tend to be firmer and more stable.{{Cite web |title=Customized Double Jersey Knitted Fabrics Suppliers {{!}} Wei-Syun Industrial Co., Ltd. |url=https://www.monofabrics.com/double-knit-jersey.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.monofabrics.com}} The fabric has good air permeability and extension. The double jersey, known as interlock, or even rib knit, depends on the loop arrangement. The fabric shrinks less because the loops are balanced. The loops are interlocked on both sides.{{Cite web |last=Ashley |first=Carol Ann |title=Relation of selected seaming methods and threads to the breaking strength and elongation of seams in a polyester double-knit fabric |url=https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/w3763b007 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=ir.library.oregonstate.edu}} The machines used for the fabric are the V bed and cylinder-dial.{{Citation |last=Ray |first=Sadhan Chandra |title=5 - Basic weft-knitted structures |date=2012-01-01 |work=Fundamentals and Advances in Knitting Technology |pages=44–55 |editor-last=Ray |editor-first=Sadhan Chandra |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780857091086500053 |access-date=2025-02-02 |publisher=Woodhead Publishing India |doi=10.1533/9780857095558.44 |isbn=978-0-85709-108-6}} The material has two needle beds and a ribbing bed. The fabric has needles of the same size that make knitting vertically and horizontally. The needles allow for double stitching which makes the fabric double-sided. {{Cite web |title=What is double jersey fabric? |url=https://www.intufabric.com/What-is-double-jersey-fabric-n.html#:~:text=It%20has%20two%20needle%20beds,than%20single%20jersey%20stitched%20material.&text=There%20are%20three%20main%20materials%20that%20double%20jersey%20is%20made%20from. |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.intufabric.com}}
Features
Double jersey fabric is thicker. The grammage of the double jersey is between 150 and 200.{{Cite web |last=Ever |date=2024-05-09 |title=Jersey Knit Fabric: Types, Properties, Care Tips, and Uses |url=https://runtangtex.com/jersey-knit-fabric-a-single-knit-fabric-for-apparel-making/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=RUNTANG |language=en-US}} It is not prone to curling. Instead, the fabric is considered balanced as both parts are the same thickness. This feature allows double jerseys to lie flat. There is no such build-up on each side of the fabric. The fabric is less stretchy and more resource-sensitive. More yarn is required to knit with the two-needle set.[6]
- Reversible: Double jersey is reversible, meaning it can be double-face or double-reverse. {{Cite web |title=Manufacturing Platform for Apparel Industry {{!}} Fast & Sustainable - Fashinza |url=https://fashinza.com/fabric/fabric-types/different-types-of-jersey-knits-learn-which-will-work-best-for-your-designs/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=fashinza.com |language=en}}
- Durable: Double jersey is more durable and insulative than single jersey because it's twice as thick.
- Firm: Double jersey is firmer and more stable than other knits. {{Cite web |title=Customized Double Jersey Knitted Fabrics Suppliers {{!}} Wei-Syun Industrial Co., Ltd. |url=https://www.monofabrics.com/double-knit-jersey.html#:~:text=Double%20Jersey%20Interlock%20Fabric%20with,has%20diversified%20combination%20and%20application. |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.monofabrics.com}}{{Cite journal |last=Reza |first=Mohammad Hosain |date=2017-06-30 |title=Comparison of Properties of Single Jersey Knit Fabrics Knitted With Single and Double Ply Yarn of Same Resultant Count |url=https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n18p473 |journal=European Scientific Journal, ESJ |volume=13 |issue=18 |pages=473 |doi=10.19044/esj.2017.v13n18p473 |issn=1857-7431}}
- Drapes well: Double jersey drapes are better than single jersey drapes because of their two layers.{{Citation |last=Hunter |first=Nan D. |title=A Pandemic Flu Outbreak in New Jersey |date=2009 |work=The Law of Emergencies |pages=329–340 |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-85617-547-0.00021-x |access-date=2025-02-02 |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.1016/b978-1-85617-547-0.00021-x |isbn=978-1-85617-547-0|pmc=7152075 }}
Double jersey fabric hardly shows a curling tendency. Two sets of needles are used that offer a similar appearance in the face and back part.{{Citation |last=Spencer |first=David J. |title=The various types of weft knitting machines |date=2001 |work=Knitting Technology |pages=82–89 |url=https://doi.org/10.1533/9781855737556.82 |access-date=2025-02-02 |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.1533/9781855737556.82 |isbn=978-1-85573-333-6}} Due to the balanced structure, the fabric has twice the extensibility of a single jersey. {{Cite web |last=Industry |first=Textile |date=2022-10-04 |title=Difference between Single Jersey and Double Jersey Fabric |url=https://www.textileindustry.net/single-jersey-and-double-jersey-fabric/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Textile Industry |language=en-US}}
Double jersey fabric types
One of the types of double jersey fabric is Ponte Roma. Ponte Roma is a fabric that is strong and shape-holding.{{Citation |title=ponte di roma |date=2021 |work=The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles |url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501365072.12633 |access-date=2025-02-02 |publisher=Fairchild Books|doi=10.5040/9781501365072.12633 |isbn=978-1-5013-6670-3 }} It is a double jersey constructed. It is a looped textile design. It has a firm and strong knit. Besides, the fabric holds its shape as it is great for covering lumps on the fabric. The fabric comes in different weights and yarn types. {{Cite web |last=root |title=What is Knit Fabric - Types, Pros, and Cons |url=https://fabriclagbe.com/blog-details/what-is-knit-fabric-types-pros-and-cons-ZDe85 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Laravel |language=en}}
A rib double jersey is another type. It features a vertical cord appearance.{{Cite web |title=Customized Double Jersey Knitted Fabrics Suppliers {{!}} Wei-Syun Industrial Co., Ltd. |url=https://www.monofabrics.com/double-knit-jersey.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.monofabrics.com}} The face loop wales move over as well as in front of the reverse loop wales. A circular knitting machine is used to produce 1x1 rib using two sets of needles from the double jersey fabric.{{Cite web |title= |pmc=9104909 }} Rib fabric is expensive in terms of production. It has a heavy structure. {{Cite web |last=admin |date=2016-03-08 |title=Double Jersey Rib Circular Knitting Machines |url=http://www.buen-knit.com/double-jersey-rib-circular-knitting-machines/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Buen-Knit |language=en}}
Application
Double jersey fabric has its uses in heavy-wear dresses.{{Cite web |title=Double Knit Fabric: Versatile & Durable Textiles |url=https://runtangtex.com/double-knit-fabric/#:~:text=Double-knit%20fabrics%20are%20woven,skirts,%20blazer,%20and%20hoodie. |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Runtang |language=en-US}} Some wearing heavy dresses are jackets, high-end T-shirts, layette items, and hoodies. The fabric is used for clothing, gym clothing, and yoga wear. The objective is the moisture-wicking capabilities. Choosing the synthetic double knit allows the stretching and air permeability. These two features make the fabric comfortable to wear during the movement. In the cold weather, double jerseys offer comfort and warmth. It is soft to the touch and heavy. During cold weather conditions, the fabric is used for jackets, thermal underwear, tops, and other general clothing. {{Cite web |title=What is double jersey fabric? |url=https://www.intufabric.com/What-is-double-jersey-fabric-n.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.intufabric.com}}