What kind of fabric is cashmere? The characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of cashmere fabric, cashmere fabric is a kind of clothing fabric woven from cashmere raw materials. Cashmere is a thin layer of fine velvet that grows on the outer skin of goats and hides the roots of the goat's coarse hair. It grows in the cold winter to resist wind and cold, and falls off after the spring turns warmer. It naturally adapts to the climate and is a rare special animal fiber.
Cashmere is a precious fabric, mainly due to its scarcity and high quality. It is priced in grams in the transaction and is regarded as a "fiber gem" and "fiber queen". At the same time, cashmere fabrics are also unmatched by all the textile materials currently available to humans, so they are also called "soft gold". About 70% of the world's cashmere is produced in China, and its quality is also superior to other countries.
Cashmere comes in three colors: white, blue and purple, among which white cashmere is the most precious. The quality standard of no plush in my country is divided into 5 grades, which are graded according to the roughness rate, impurity content rate and length index. The grading standards for white velvet and purple velvet are also different.
What kind of fabric is cashmere? The characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of cashmere fabrics
The characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of cashmere fabric
(1) Features of cashmere fabric
Cashmere fabric has irregular sparse and deep curls, composed of scale layer and cortex layer, without medulla layer, scale density is about 60-70 pcs/mm, fiber cross section is approximately circular, and the diameter is larger than fine wool Thin, the average fineness is mostly 14-16um, the unevenness of fineness is small, about 20%, the length is generally 35-45mm, the strong elongation and moisture absorption are better than sheep wool, and it is fine, light, soft and smooth. , Keep warm in one.
(2) Advantages of cashmere fabric
1, slim, soft and warm
Cashmere fabric is the thinnest kind of animal fiber. The fineness of Albas cashmere is generally between 13um-15.5um. It has high natural crimp. It is tightly arranged in spinning and weaving and has good cohesion. Therefore, it has good Its warmth retention is 1.5-2 times that of wool. Cashmere fiber has small and smooth scales, and there is an air layer in the middle of the fiber, so it is light in weight and smooth in hand.
2, safety
Cashmere fabric is not easy to ignite, it is not easy to release a large amount of heat when burned, does not produce open flame, does not melt, and can resist violent burning, so it is a very safe fabric.
3, good flexibility
Because of its large crimp number, crimp rate, and crimp recovery rate, cashmere fiber is suitable for processing into knits with full hand feeling, softness and good elasticity. It is comfortable and natural to wear and has good reducing properties, especially when it does not shrink after washing. , Good shape retention.
(3) Disadvantages of cashmere fabrics
Cashmere has relatively thin fibers and is not as strong as wool. Therefore, it needs to be carefully taken care of when wearing it, especially to avoid long-term rubbing with hard objects, coarse cloth, chemical fibers and other clothing. It is best to wear it next to the skin. Especially when wearing cashmere pants, do not pull hard, do strenuous exercise, so as to avoid slipping off, opening holes, and pilling.