What is the meaning of the number of yarns used in cotton textiles?
The larger the number in front of S, the finer the yarn, the lighter, thinner, and softer the fabric. The smaller the number, the thicker the yarn, the heavier the fabric, the thicker and the more rough.
The fineness of the yarn (in English): refers to a pound (454 grams) of heavy cotton yarn in the provisions of moisture regain, there are several 840 yards (1 yards = 0.941 meters) long, that is, a few miles of yarn, As "a few yarn", the unit with "S" said.
Yarn is woven into a certain strength by the fineness, and can be processed into any length of material, it is the basic unit of fabric composition.
Fiber only after the textile can become a fabric, and the first step is spinning yarn.
When the fibers are spun into yarn, they can be woven into a fabric. Because the weaving machine used in the principle of the machine is different, weaving the fabric of the internal structure is different. Usually can be divided into two categories of woven and knitted.
