What kind of fabric is linen? What is the difference between linen fabric and chiffon fabric?

Linen fabric is a popular fashion element at present. It is a light cotton fabric with thin stripes on the linen surface. Most are made of pure cotton yarn, but also made of cotton and linen blended yarn. What is the difference between linen fabric and chiffon fabric? Let me tell you in detail below.

What kind of fabric is linen?

A light cotton fabric with thin stripes on the gauze surface. Most are made of pure cotton yarn, but also made of cotton and linen blended yarn. Since the 1960s, due to the development of chemical fibers, blended linen yarns such as polyester/cotton, polyester/linen, and fiber/cotton have appeared. Linen yarn is named because it is as cool as linen. It is one of the main types of summer clothing and has the characteristics of being cool and breathable. Linen yarn can be bleached, dyed, printed, jacquard, yarn-dyed, etc., and is suitable for making men’s and women’s shirts, children’s trousers, skirt materials, handkerchiefs and decorative fabrics.

Linen yarn can be divided into ordinary linen yarn and fancy linen yarn according to its organizational structure.

①Ordinary linen yarn. Generally, weft weight flat weave is used, and warp yarns are No. 18 to 13 (32 to 45 inches). The weft density is 10% to 15% higher than the warp density, so that the cloth surface has obvious straight lines in the warp direction.

②Fancy linen yarn. It is woven by utilizing changes in fabric structure, or using warp yarns of different numbers and changing warp yarn arrangements. There are varieties such as changing linen yarn, wicker linen yarn, and different warp linen yarn. Varied linen yarn includes various changed tissues, with thick and prominent lines and stiff cloth body; wicker linen yarn warp yarns are arranged with gaps at certain intervals, and the cloth surface shows small gaps. The texture is fine and light, with a cool and smooth feeling; different warp linen yarn is made of single One warp yarn and two warp yarns of different numbers are arranged at intervals, making the stripes on the fabric surface clearer and more prominent. Most of the raw materials for linen yarn are pure cotton yarn. Since the 1960s, due to the development of the chemical fiber industry, blended linen yarn materials such as polyester-cotton, polyester-linen, and polyester-cotton have appeared.

What is the difference between linen fabric and chiffon fabric?

Chiffon fabric is a silk fabric made of strongly twisted crepe warp and crepe weft. Chiffon has a light and transparent texture, soft and elastic feel, light and elegant appearance, good breathability and drape, and is elegant and comfortable to wear. The lightness, weight, thickness, thinness, transparency and silk crepe effect of georgette. Generally applied to skirts or bottoming shirts worn by women in summer.

Linen fabric is a light cotton fabric with thin stripes on the fabric surface. There are polyester/cotton, polyester/linen, fiber/cotton and other blended linen yarns. Linen yarns can be divided into ordinary linen yarns and fancy linen yarns according to their organizational structures.