KNITTED FABRICS
DEFECTS
Submitted By
Pratibha Thapa
Assistant Professor
Clothing and Textiles Department
INTRODUCTION
Defect refers to the fault that spoils the material or
absence for completeness or perfection
There is need to check fabric defects due to avoid
rejection of fabrics because then to sold the
manufactured material the price is reduced by 45-
65%.
A defect of the knitted fabric is an abnormality
which spoils the aesthetics i.e. the clean & uniform
appearance of the fabric & effects the performance
parameters, like; dimensional stability etc.
CATEGORIES OF DEFECTS
Yarn • barrieness
related • Thick and thin lines
defects • contamination
• Needle and sinker
Knitted lines
elements
defects
• Drop stitches
• Missing picks
Machine • Fabric press off
setting • barrieness
related • Drop stitches
defects • Yarns streaks
• Dyeing patches
Dyeing • Shade variation
related skewing
defects • spirality
• Fabric width variation
COMMON DEFECTS OF KNITTED FABRICS
1. BARRINESS: It is a defect which is characterised by
textural braids or colour bands in the course direction of
a weft knitted fabrics.
Causes: *Use of irregular yarns long term irregularities.
*High yarn tension.
*Count Variation
HOLES Holes can be of 3 types:
Hole, Pin hole, Star hole
CAUSES: Broken needle
• Improper cleaning of
machine
• yarn breakage at knot
• very high yarn twist
• Curved needle latch
SLUBS
• It is unevenly placed
or randomly appearing
knots.
• CAUSES: Usually
caused by a thick or
heavy place in yarn or
by ling getting onto
yarn feeds.
OIL MARK
When oil lick through the
needle trick then it pass on
the fabric and make a line it is
then called oil mark/stain/line.
CAUSES:
• Grease and oil stains from the
unguarded moving machine
parts.
• Fabric touching the floors
and soiled places, during
transportation on the trolleys.
BROKEN NEEDLE
Defects caused by the broken needles
show prominently as vertical lines
parallel to the Wales. There are no
loops formed in the Wale which has a
broken needle.
Causes:
• High Yarn Tension
• Bad Setting of the Yarn Feeders
• Old & Worn out Needle set.
DROP STITCHES
Local column of dropped stitches.
CAUSES:
• yarn guide may not be set
properly.
• Defective latch needle .
• Yarn tension is too high.
• Wrong yarn threading
