Luxury Velvet, a leading brand in the velvet fabric industry, details these fabrics in detail:
Velvet fabrics can be diversified in terms of usage areas and production techniques. At this point, we can detail the first breakdown as woven and knitted velvet fabrics.
Woven velvets differ from knitted velvets in terms of both loom structure and weaving techniques. While woven velvets are woven according to the weft-warp system, knitted velvets are knitted according to the loop system.
Knitted Fabrics: Acrylic yarns in flat knitting machines, cotton yarns in circular knitting machines, and synthetic yarns in warp knitting machines are mostly used. Knitting yarns are generally soft, less twisted, friction resistant yarns.
Woven Fabrics: It is possible to use all kinds of yarns in various weaving machine types in the production of woven fabrics. The yarns used are more twisted in the warp than in knitting and have almost the same character as knitting in the weft.
Production speed
Knitted Fabrics: Knitted fabric production is faster than weaving. Especially warp knitted fabric production is the fastest known fabric production technique.
Woven Fabrics: Very high weft insertion speeds have been achieved in woven fabrics with new technologies and computer support. However, knitted fabric production is more.
Fabric Structures
Knitted Fabrics: In its production, a single thread or a group of warp threads is formed into loops with the help of knitting elements. These loops are connected with each other to form the knitted fabric.
Woven Fabrics: It is formed by connecting the warp and weft threads with each other according to a certain order.
Velvet Fabric Types as Content
Velvet fabrics: It is generally produced with polyester, cotton and viscose-containing yarns. Sometimes, in the production of plain and jacquard (patterned) velvet, velvet is produced with the mixtures of these yarns according to the demand and usage areas such as polyester-cotton or cotton-viscose blends.
It is also possible to make the classification process with the visual structure of velvet. The products can also be classified as matte, glossy and semi-matt in order to fully adapt to the preferences of the customers and the area to be used. This process comes from the yarn used and the finishing process after dyeing.
Velvet Fabric Types According to Usage Areas
“Luxury Velvet also produces to serve its customers in the sense of home textile and fashion textile products. We continue our activities in 3 main production lines: upholstery, drapery and clothing,” explains an official at Luxury Velvet.
“We offer our upholstery fabrics, which have high strength, minimize pile loss, and have seam and tear strength well above the standards, to the world’s giant brands in furniture production, both in plain and jacquard form.
“In the curtain product group, we produce our jacquard and plain products in accordance with world standards in strength, rubbing-light fastness and other tests.
“In this group, we have velvet production as FR coated or Black-out for demand.
“Velvet for clothing, on the other hand, are fabric types that we produce with cotton yarn, which is in an upward trend from time to time but never loses its validity. At this point, we have cooperation with many world giant ready-made clothing brands.”