What Is Velveteen？

The velveteen is woven with a pile weave and then finished by cutting. The surface has dense, flat, standing and shiny fluff, so it is called velveteen. The warp and weft yarns of the velveteen are made of high-quality cotton yarns. The velveteen fluff is plump and flat, thick in texture, soft to the touch, soft luster, wear-resistant and durable, good in warmth retention, elastic, and not easy to wrinkle. According to the different raising yarns, it is divided into warp velveteen (cut warp velveteen) and weft velveteen (cut weft velveteen). The warp velveteen is raised by warp yarns, and is interwoven by two sets of warp yarns (ground warp and pile warp) and a set of weft yarns to form a double-layered fabric. Plain weave is generally used, and the V-shaped solidarity method is the main method for the consolidation of the velvet warp. The arrangement ratio of the ground warp and the velvet warp is 2:1 and 1:1. Warp velveteen is divided into train velveteen and mercerized velveteen according to the length of the velvet. The train velveteen has longer fluff and is often used as train seat cushions; the mercerized velveteen has shorter fluff, has been mercerized and has a bright cloth surface, and is often used for clothing, military collars and decorations. Weft velveteen is raised from weft yarns, which is made up of one set of warp yarns and two sets of weft yarns (ground weft and pile weft), similar to corduroy. The ground weave is mostly plain weave, and twill weave is also useful. V-shaped consolidation method is generally used for fluff consolidation, and the arrangement ratio of ground weft and cashmere weft is 1:3. The difference between it and corduroy is that the weft and weft tissue points are evenly arranged in a certain law, and the warp and floating points are staggered from each other. Therefore, the weft density can be larger than that of corduroy, the fabric is tight, and the pile is full. Weft velveteen is mainly used for clothing and decoration. When velveteen is washed, it is not advisable to scrub hard, so as not to affect the plumpness and smoothness of the fluff. Velvet is velvet fabric flannel.