Influence of stitch length and structure on selected mechanical properties of single jersey knitted fabrics with varying cotton percentage in the yarn
Knitting is a process of manufacturing a fabric by the intermeshing of loops of yarn. Knitted fabric possesses high stretch and recovery, providing greater freedom of movement and outstanding comfort qualities for which they have been preferred as fabrics in many kinds of clothing for a long time. In clothing design and manufacturing, fabric characteristics are usually dictated by a specified end-use.1,2
Effects of different count and stitch length on Spirality, Shrinkage and GSM of knit fabrics
This article focused on the effect of spirality, shrinkage and the GSM (Gram per square meter) of different types of knit fabris by changing the count and stitch length. Textile industries face some common problems regarding the selection of accurate GSM, count and stitch length as inappropriate selection create poor spirality, shrinkage as well as desired GSM fails to achieve. Different types of fabrics were produced with different count and with relevant stitch length where it is found that if the count(Ne) increases then the GSM decreases. It is also found that higher count and smaller loop length give better shrinkage and spirality. This study is based on finished GSM of knit fabric where yarn counts used were 24Ne, 28Ne, 26Ne, 20Ne for S/J. In this experiment, we compared both the theoretical as well as the practical implications from the industry and we have also tried our best to emphasize on the adjustable points of fabric GSM, Spirality, Shinkage, count and stitch length directly or indirectly. This study establishes an acceptable result which would be preferable for the effective use and would also facilitate for carrying out further activities related with this research.
Letting Women in? Gender Mainstreaming in Regional Policies
Gender mainstreaming has over the last ten years become the dominant strategy of integrating gender issues in public policy. This article presents regional policy as a broad and increasingly important policy field to study, and analyses gender mainstreaming in this policy field in the Norwegian and the Swedish contexts. How do problem representations surrounding “gender equality” and “gender mainstreaming” produce meanings of gender as well as construct possibilities for change? The article shows that, despite some differences between the two countries, gender mainstreaming in regional policy can to a large extent be read as meaning “women”. Women are in this context given a narrow subject position and are constructed as lacking what it takes to produce sustainable regional growth. The concluding discussion highlights the relations between the implementation of gender mainstreaming and neo‐liberal political trends.