Fabric Notes:
A method, which is popular in cotton yarns, is to measure the length of a
particular weight of yarn. Thus the yarn which has more length will be finer than
the other yarn which has less length of the same weight. For cotton yarn this
particular weight is one pound, and the length is measured in 840 yards. Thus a
cotton yarn has one count, if we measure the length of one pound of
this yarn, and it comes out to be 840 yards. If it comes out to be 1680 or 2
x 840 yards for one pound of weight, we call it as a yarn with 2s count and so on.
Generally thick shirtings are in the range of 30s count, medium weights are in
60s count and finer weights in 80s count.
For cotton the length is taken as 840 yards and weight as one pound. For Linen,
the length is 560 yards. Thus the yarn of a linen is of count 20 if in one pound
there is 20 x 560 yards of length.
Now, in real world, we come across with two yarns twisted together. If we twist
two yarns of 40s count, we call the yarn as that of 2/40s count. If we twist 3
yarns of 60s count, we call it as a yarn of 3/60s count.
A method which is also popular in silk is to weigh a particular length of the yarn.
In this system, the yarn which has less weight of the same length than some other
yarn will be finer than the other yarn. Commonly this is called denier. In denier
system, the unit of weight is grams and that of length is 9 km. Thus if a silk yarn
weighs 24 grams of 9km of length this is said to be of 24 denier.
The General Relation ship between count and denier is given by the fact that no
of deniers is equal to 5315 divided by no of counts thus if cotton is of 30s count
then it will be of 5315/30 or 177.66 deniers.
Count, Construction and Width of common Cotton
Fabrics
Please note that value in bold represents count.
Cotton Drill Fabrics
16 X 12 /96 X 48 / 48",63", 93" , 98", 120"
20 X 20 / 108 X 56 / 48", 63", 93" , 98" , 120"
20 X 16 / 108 X 56 / 48", 63" , 93 ", 98" , 120"
30 X30 / 124 X 64 / 48", 63", 93", 98", 120"
40 X 40 / 144 X 72 / 48", 63 ", 93" , 98 " , 120"
Linen/Cotton Fabrics
88 X 64 / 20s X 20s Linen / 63"
72 X 68 / 20s X 16s Linen / 63"
Cotton Oxford Fabrics
84 X 38 / 2 / 20s X 2/ 20s / 48", 63"
84 x 28 / 16 X 8 / 48 " , 63"
108 X 72 / 20 X 16 / 48", 63"
Cotton Poplin Fabrics
92 X 88 / 40 X 40 / 50" , 63"
100 X 80 / 40 X 40 / 50" , 63"
100 X 92 / 40 X 40 / 50" , 63"
124 X 64 / 40 X 40 / 48" , 63"
124 X 72 / 40 X 40 / 48" , 63"
132 X 72 / 40 X 40 / 48" , 63"
Cotton Twill Fabrics
124 X 64 / 30 X 30 / 48 " to 120"
132 X 72 / 40 X 40 / 48 " to 120"
144 X 74 / 40 X 40 / 48 " to 120"
144 X 74 / 50 X 50 / 48 " to 120"
Cotton Voile Fabrics
92 X 88 / 80 X 80 / 48 ", 63 "
92 X 104 / 80 X 80 / 48 ", 63 "
80 X 80 / 80 X 80 / 48 ", 63 "
100 X 92 / 80 X 80 / 48 ", 63 "
Cotton Satin Fabrics
100 X 80 / 40 X 40 / 98 " , 120"
132 X 72 / 40 X 40 / 120"
124 X 64 / 30 X 30 / 120"
144 X 72 / 40 X 40 / 120"
175 X (56 X 2) / 60 X 60 / 120 " - 300 TC
175 X (50 X 4) / 60 X 80 /120 " - 400 TC
195 X ( 72 X 4) / 80s X 100s X 120 " -500 TC
195 X ( 86 X 4) / 80s X 100S X 120" - 600 TC
175 X 146 / 4 / 120s X 2 / 120s / 120" - 1000 TC
Cotton Bedford Fabrics
132 x 72 / 40x40 / 48" & 63"
144 x 100 / 60x60 / 48" & 63"
124 x 100 / 40x40 / 63"
144 x 72 / 50x50 / 63"
Cotton Cambric Fabrics
132 X 108m / 60 X 60 / 48",54",63"
92 X 88 / 60 X 60 / 48" , 54", 63"
132 X 72 / 50 X 50/ 48" , 63"
124 X 100 / 50 X 50 / 63 "
Cotton Plain Fabric or Cotton Sheeting Fabrics
44 X 40 / 10 X 10 / 48", 63", 93", 98" , 120" to 143"
60 X 60 / 16 X 16 / 48 " , 63 ", 93" , 98" , 120" to 143"
60 X 60 / 20 X 20 / 48 " , 63 ", 93" , 98" , 120" to 143"
68 X 68 / 30 X 30 / 48 " , 63 ", 93" , 98" , 120" to 143"
72 X 68 / 30 X 30 / 48 " , 63 ", 93" , 98" , 120" to 143"
