What is feather yarn? Does feather yarn belong to fancy yarn?
2022-10-14

  What is feather yarn in fancy yarn?

  Feather yarn, also known as eyelash yarn, dog hair yarn, pine yarn, long tail yarn, etc., are knitted by crochet machines and can be made from 100% nylon, or 100% polyester, or polyester-nylon blend, or wool-nylon, etc. It consists of warp-core yarn and weft-feather (feather is formed after the blade cuts the weft). It is mainly used as knitted sweaters, scarves, gloves, socks, accessories, and carpets.

  Feather yarn is very popular among ladies because of its soft feel and rich fluff.

  The following is what you should pay attention to regarding the twisted nylon feather yarn that has become popular in recent years.

  (1) Choose the right raw material and special treatment

  The raw material must be made of imported nylon slices to prevent color blossoms and color differences. Raw materials need to be steam thermostatic setting treatment in advance, otherwise it will roll hair, color flowers.

  (2) The cutting knife blade is replaced in time.

  If the blade is not replaced and inspected in time, it will produce serious hair loss and feather length. This item applies to all feather yarn.

  (3) Finished product inspection.

  There will be hairless yarn and oil stained yarn in the machine, so we should inspect them and pick out the inferior yarn.

  (4) Shake and twist, invert the tube.

  The twisted flower should be big and the frame length should be long, so as to prepare for the subsequent inverted hair to pour well, otherwise the inverted hair will not be poured out and the loss is serious. Stranded yarn important must be less than 0.25kg appropriate, otherwise the nylon will spend. Later inverted cylinder attention to inverted smooth hair problem, hair direction to be consistent.

  (5) Dyeing control.

  1, because the nylon raw materials on the dyeing speed, not easy to dye evenly, easy to outstanding flowers, color difference, so in the dyeing finishing, shall be slow heating and slow dyeing agent, cooling temperature should also be controlled. Different batches of nylon raw materials can not be mixed and dyed, there will be uneven coloring.

  2. The dyed feather yarn should not be dried too much with the baking machine, such as drying will result in loose feathers, poor color, poor hand feeling and other problems.