Fabric type - help

[Norman8]

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding the fabric you can see in the photo attached.

As far as I can tell, it is a knit fabric, since I can see loops. The dark side is the wrong side. The right side has a sort of a peach finish. The edges of the fabric are not secured, they are left raw, because they do not fray.

Compositon: 95% PES, 5% Elastane

I am interested to know if this type of fabric has a specific name? I am trying to find it, but can't seem to get a clear answer.

Thank you all in advance for helping. I appreciate it.

Be well,

N

[Hendrick]

Hi Norman,

Try to find out if the different layers are fused together or knitted together. If they are knitted together, they are usually referred to as "interlock" or "double jersey". From the look of it, I think it is a 12 gge kdouble knitted fabric with one side brushed. It looks Italian made...

[Norman8]

Hello Hendrick,

Thank you for the reply. I did some more research using your information, and it looks like it could be something called double face scuba fabric or air-space fabric.

I'm not sure how the two layers are bonded, they don't seem to be interlocked, there is a very clear, clean, sharp line separating the two. Altough I did find a very similar fabric online, where it says it is stitch-bonded.

Any thoughts? Thank you.

[Hendrick]

Hi,

A scuba-type usually has a layer of polyether foam between the layers of fabric that is thermically fused; yours doesn't seem to have that...
Stitch bonded sounds more logical; these are usually knitted on double-bed knitting machines that can also knit jaquard. Without a jaquard design you can still use different colours on each side of the fabric, so the result is a double-face effect. I think your fabric is a fine example of that. A specialist in these materials, abeit on a high price level, is Lanificio Roma of Prato, Italy.