Different washes affecting shrinkage of knitted garments
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2013
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University of Management and Technology
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Different washes on different knitted fabric will provide different shrinkage trends. The expectation on shrinkage for various apparel products will also be different. However, the effect of shrinkage in garment is still ambiguous. As a result, analysis of shrinkage after different washes can provide a more realistic study.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the shrinkage with commercial sewing threads in woven fabric.This study focused on following major objectives:
To study the effect of different washes on garment measurements;
To study the effect of washes on fabric shrinkage and it appearance.
In this study, four different types of knitted fabric were sewn with same length and width measurements. To study the effect of different washes on shrinkage of garment. In this study, through subjective ranking, there were critical dimensions for measurements done on body length and width garment appearance and shrinkage.
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MS Thesis, Textile, Fabric