Lace is an import. Mesh tissue, first hand-woven by crochet. Europeans and Americans use a lot of women's wear, especially in evening dresses and wedding dresses. In the 18th century, European courts and noble men were also widely used in cuffs, collar skirts, and stockings.
The origin of lace
The flower-shaped structure of lace was not obtained by knitting or weaving, but by twisting yarn. In Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, the use of thread-core lace threads became a source of income for individual craftsmen and a means for aristocratic women to spend their time. At that time, the social demand for lace was very large, which made the lace workers work very tired. They often worked in the moldy basement, and the light was weak, so they could only see the spinning wheels.
Since John Heathcoat invented the lace loom (patented in 1809), the British lace manufacturing entered the industrial era, this machine can produce very fine and regular hexagonal lace base. Craftsmen only need to weave graphics on the web, which is usually made of silk. A few years later, John Leavers invented a machine that used the principle of a French jacquard loom to produce lace patterns and lace mesh, and that also established the lace tradition in Nottingham. The Leavers machine is very complex, composed of 40000 parts and 50000 kinds of lines, need to work from different angles.
Today, some very high quality lace companies are still using Leavers machines. Karl Mayer has introduced warp knitting machines such as Jacquardtronic and Textronic to produce leavers lace lace, but more economical, fine and lightweight.compose
Lace dress yarn such as rayon, nylon, polyester and spandex also change the nature of lace, but the quality of the yarn used to produce lace must be very good, with a higher twist count than the yarn used for knitting or weaving.
Ingredients and classification of lace
Lace uses nylon, polyester, cotton and rayon as the main raw materials. If supplemented by spandex or elastic silk, elasticity can be obtained.
Nylon (or polyester) + spandex: a common elastic lace.
Nylon + polyester + (spandex): it can be made into two-color lace, made by different colors of brocade and polyester dyeing.
Full polyester (or full nylon): it can be divided into single filament and filament, mostly used in wedding dress; filament can imitate the effect of cotton.
Nylon (polyester) + cotton: can be made into a different color effect.
Generally speaking, the lace on the market is generally divided into chemical fiber lace, cotton cloth lace, cotton thread lace, embroidery lace and water-soluble lace these five categories. Each lace has its own characteristics, and they have different advantages and disadvantages.
Lace's strengths and weaknesses
1, chemical fiber lace is the most common type of lace fabrics, material based on nylon, spandex. Its texture is generally relatively thin, and more hard, if direct contact with the skin may feel a little prick. But the advantages of chemical fiber lace are cheap cost, many patterns, many colors, and strong is not easy to break. The disadvantage of chemical fiber lace is that it is not good, zha people, not high temperature ironing, basically no elasticity, can not be worn as personal clothes. And generally speaking, due to the cost of chemical fiber lace, it is more often used in cheap clothing, so it will give people a kind of "cheaper" feeling.
2. Cotton lace is generally a kind of lace made with cotton thread on the cotton lining, and then cut off the hollow part of the cotton cloth. Cotton lace is also a common type, can be seen on many clothes, elasticity is basically the same as cotton cloth. The advantages of cotton lace are cheap cost, not easy to break, can be pressed at high temperature, feel good. But the disadvantage of cotton lace is easy to wrinkle, less shape, basically only white. Generally speaking, cotton lace is a good alternative if you are not willing to use cheap fiber lace, there is a strong sense of cost.
3, cotton thread lace, as the name suggests, is the use of cotton thread woven into lace. Cotton thread lace because all the use of cotton thread woven, so the general thickness will be more thick, feel will be more rough. The advantages and disadvantages of cotton thread lace are similar to those of cotton cloth lace. Cotton lace is a little more shaped than cotton lace, the cost is a little more expensive, and it is not easy to wrinkle, but because it is thicker, it is not easy to fold and bend. In general, cotton thread lace is usually used in clothing on some smaller lace, and is less noticeable.
4, embroidery lace is in a layer of yarn net with cotton, polyester and other threads to embroider the shape of lace, and then cut the outline because the lining is mesh, so the feel will change according to the hardness of the mesh, but generally speaking, the soft embroidery lace made of soft mesh will be better. Compared with above 3 kinds for, the advantage of embroidery lace is feel soft and smooth, not easy to wrinkle, can fold, elasticity is better. The disadvantage of embroidery lace is not high temperature ironing, modelling is less, easy to break. Generally speaking, clothes with higher requirements for softness and material will basically use embroidered lace, such as skirt lining and underwear.
5, water-soluble lace is made with polyester thread or viscose lace lace pattern woven on a piece of lining paper, after completing the use of high temperature water to dissolve the lining paper, leaving only the lace body, despite the name of water-soluble lace. Because water-soluble lace has more needles than the above ones, water-soluble lace is also more expensive. The advantage of water-soluble lace is that it feels very good, soft and smooth, slightly elastic, shiny, three-dimensional sense, and a lot of modeling patterns. The disadvantage of water-soluble lace is that the cost is relatively high, relatively thick, not easy to fold, and can not be pressed at high temperature. Generally speaking, clothes with good workmanship and material basically use water-soluble lace, and well-made water-soluble lace may reach the price of dozens or even hundreds of yuan / meter.
Post time: Apr-02-2024
