Different Types of Plain Weave Fabric | Commercial Fabrics of Plain Weave

Posted by Firoz Kabir on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 2

Plain weave is used in weaving many different fabrics.some standard plain woven fabrics are sheeting gingham print cloth, outing, osnaburg, voile, lawn, organdy, crinklet. Chambray, typewriter cloth, duex, percale, poplin, repp, broad cloth, ratine, critonne.

An unfinished fabrics as it comes from the loom is called gray or grey goods. Grey goods have many different names. For instance, duck is a closely woven fabric of fine yarns. Cheese cloth and tobacco cloth are of loose construction. Sometimes on name is used for the fabric in the grey and a different name for the finished cloth. For instance various weights or print cloth are renamed lawn, cretonne, and parcels according to the finish.

Variations in construction or yarn size account for additional names given to plain weave fabrics. A cloth using heavy filling yarns has a characteristic ribbed effect and is called poplin or repp.

As general rule, fabrics produced with more warp than filling threads are extra strong and serviceable because the warp threads contain more twist and are usually made of better raw material. Such cloth is used for overalls, shirting and suiting.

Cloths containing more filling than warp are commonly used in underwear and linings, because the soft filling yarns makes a soft fabrics which can be highly finished and made very attractive in appearance.
Some standard plain woven fabrics are:

Sheeting : A plain fabric woven and finished white for bed sheets and other similar uses.

Gingham: A yarn dyed fabric woven in solid colors,stripes, or checks. Used for dresses, aprons, and children`s clothes.

Print Cloth: A plain white cloth woven for the application of color by printing or other types of finish, Muslin, percale, and cretonne are the names of some fabrics made from print cloth.

Outing: A fabric woven with light sley and heavy, soft filling for napping, used for clothing, linings, etc.

Osnaburg: A service fabric made from low quality cotton waste. Used for bags, mattress covering, shoe lining, draperies, and coarse clothing.

Voile: A smooth transparent dress material made of combed yarns. Used for underwear, dresses, shirts and handkerchiefs.

Organdy: A thin transparent, wiry muslin made of fine yarns finished in white, solid color, or print.

Crinket: A stripped fabrics in which the stripes are crinkled due to a greater lot- off of yarn on the threads forming the stripes. This fabrics which is also known as seersucker is used for suitings, dresses and bedspreads.

Chambray: A type of gingham woven from a colored warp and white filling and finishing for work shirts and children`s clothes.

Type writer cloth: A fine, soft plain fabric made from Egyptain cotton or American Egyptain cotton and used for linings, typewriter ribbons, etc.

Duck: A strong, heavy service fabric woven from 2 ply warp and 2 ply filling. Used for sails, tents, trouser, etc.

Poplin: A characteristic of the poplin is the rib effect which runs across the width from selvage to selvage. This rib effect is formed by the use of heavy filling yarn and few picks per inch. Used for shirts, drap dries, gowns and robes.

Repp: A plain cloth similar in appearance to poplin expect that the ribs along the filling are more pronounced. Repp has a heavier filling ayarn and is a wider fabric used for hangings and upholstery.

Broad cloth: A fine, plain woven fabric with a poplin or transverse rib effect secured by using a high slay and light pick on the plain weave. The finest quality of broadcloth is made from 2-ply long staple cotton yarns and is highly mercerized.

Ratine: A rough appearing plain fabric woven from fancy yarns with novelty loop and color effects.

Cretonne: A plain woven fabric printed in somewhat brought and elaborate colors and patterns. It is used for hangings, upholstery, etc.