Woolen sweater refers to the knitted sweater made of wool, which is also the meaning of common people agree, and in fact "woolen sweater" has now become a synonym for a class of products, that is, used to refer to "knitted sweater" or "wool knitwear". Wool knitwear refers to wool, cashmere, rabbit hair and other animal hair fiber as the main raw material of yarn woven into the fabric, such as rabbit sweater, Shirley sweater, sheep sweater, acrylic shirt and so on are "wool sweater" family.
Woolen sweater clothing, also known as wool knitted clothing, is knitted clothing with wool yarn or wool type chemical fiber yarn. Hand-knitted wool clothing appeared in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers of Western Asia around 1000 BC. Machine-wool knitted clothing appeared in modern times, in 1862 A.D. R.I.W. Lamm's invention of the double-reverse flatbed machine, on which sweaters were made to produce shaped pieces that were stitched into garments, marked the beginning of machine-woven wool knitwear.
Our country has had more than 80 years of history in producing sweater on knitting machine. Before liberation, the technology of our sweater production was very backward, and mainly relied on imports of raw materials, weaving, readymade garments and dyeing and finishing equipment was very simple. After liberation, especially since the early 1980s, the design, production technique, technology and equipment of sweater garments in our country have made remarkable progress.
Because of its superior comfort performance, wool fabric is used as the raw material of knitted underwear and shirt, and its inherent characteristics are reformed. People are optimistic about the excellent wear performance of wool fabrics, and are committed to developing new wool finishing processes, such as mechanical washable wool finishing, soft and glossy wool finishing, cool color dry and cool wool finishing, to optimize the performance of wool, so that it can meet the needs of a variety of clothing.
With the improvement of people's living standards, people are more in demand for clothes that are light, soft, flexible, extensible and drapped-good, breathable, novel in style and bright in color. Because these needs are the advantages of sweater clothing, so sweater clothing in the whole field of clothing occupies a more and more important position. Sweater clothing is developing in the direction of outerwear, serialization, fashion, art, high-grade and brand.