Wool Yarn For Clothing Industry

by | Apr 1, 2022

Wool Yarn refers to a length of fibers that used to make fabrics in a number of crafts including knitting, crocheting, weaving. Yarn may come in different materials such as,

  • cotton,
  • wool,
  • cashmere,
  • synthetic fiber

Fibers go through to yarn by spinning which brings long continuous interlocked fibers together to process by the machine. It is proving different yarn quality and structure as different yarn appearance, like yarn size, yarn twist. However, there are two main types of yarn.

Staple Vs Filament Yarn

Staple fibers are fibers of discrete length, while filament fibers are continuous lengths of fibers. This type of yarn generally made from staple fiber. But filament yarn made from filament fibers. It can be a single fiber or a blend with various fibers. However, it must be made by spinning or twisting staple fibers together to spun thread. Wool and cotton fiber is typical staple fiber. So filament yarn may contain one filament or a number of filaments, poly and silk fibers. And it is a typical filament fiber. Most synthetic fibers made from longer filament fibers.

 

Yarn TypesAir-jet spinning is the most common process nowadays. Air-jet spinning is a pneumatic method that consists of passing a drafted strand of fibers through one or two fluid nozzles located between the front roller of a drafting system.

 

Yarn air jet spinning    Air jet spinning yarn

What is wool yarn?

Yarn made of wool/wool blend fibers known as wool yarn. So it is ideal for fall and winter cloth as they keep warm. And it is the most common one nowadays. However wool is a natural protein animal fiber. Can get it mainly from sheep which are more than 200 different breeds worldwide, it is naturally crimped/circled and also in different colors as yellow, ivory, black, brown. Different types of wool can make different types of wool yarns that have distinct properties and strengths. Typical types: wool blends yarn, cashmere wool yarn. Wool yarn also can divide into two categories. woolen yarn and worsted yarn by production process weather carded or combed step.

 

woolen vs worsted

 

 

      Woolen yarn                                                                                          Worsted yarn

  • Woolen ones are bulky and hairy made from                             Worsted ones are fine and even made from
  • Carded and uneven wool fibers                                                  paralleled wool fibers
  • Length of fiber                                                                             Length of fiber
  • 25.4-76.2mm short fibers                                                            76.2 mm or above long-staple fibers
  • Bulky and uneven                                                                        Fine and even
  • loose twisted                                                                                Tightly twisted
  • Soft and hairy                                                                               Soft and hairy

woolen                          worsted

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