Introduction to fabrics: Jersey

What’s nicer than simply staying in bed on the weekend and letting your soul revitalise? Besides hot buns and a fresh cup of tea, there’s one more thing you can’t forget: A cosy free-time outfit made of jersey fabric. The myfabrics.co.uk fabrics experts will tell you which of your favourite articles can be sewn using jersey fabric and what you should be aware of during production:

The fabric:
Fine jersey fabric is mainly used for pieces of clothing like t-shirts and underwear, but it can also be used for bedding. Thicker quality jersey is used for sweatshirts and home and sportswear.
This fabric is supple, soft, and breathable above all, absorbent, and partially suitable for the drier. The name supposedly originates from the largest and most famous of the Channel Islands, Jersey, which is a possession of the UK.
Jersey is knitted and therefore very elastic. Several of myfabrics.co.uk’s jersey fabrics consist of a viscose mixture with spandex, while others feature cotton.
Since they are warm, qualities with roughened interiors are suitable for autumn and winter pullovers.

Care tips:
Cotton jersey may be washed without any problems in the washing machine at up to 40° C. Colour-sparing washing powder is recommended.

Production tips:
Jersey fabric belongs to the knit fabric group of materials and may therefore only be sewn with a specially rounded needle, which preserves the mesh. The needle thickness (fine 70 to robust 90) should be selected according to the fabric.
Due to the fabric’s elasticity, only elastic special stitches should be used. With a normal household machine, sewing may be done with either a zigzag stitch or with a straight stitch using a twin needle. The finer the jersey, the lower the needle distance of the twin needle should be. Jersey’s cut edges do not need to be cast extra.

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