A study on the application of a system for pattern design of women’s dresses from knitted fabrics containing elastomeric threads

The paper presents a study on the application of a system for pattern design of women’s dresses from knitted fabrics containing elastomeric threads from 1% to 6%. The system uses a different approach to account the stretch of the knitted fabric when designing clothing. In this approach are used for initial information for determining the values of the reduction factors only the data on the composition of the knitted fabrics according to the current standards. The reduction factors are calculated depending on the percentage content of elastomeric threads in the knitted fabric. Three models of women’s dresses were designed. Knitted fabrics containing elastomeric threads from 1% to 6% have been chosen for their sewing. The compatibility has been studied between the dresses’ details when they are located in different directions during cutting, when they are with different loop structure or with different stretch. The shaping of the models by three-dimensional elements, such as by the fixed draperies, has been analysed. Approaches are proposed for resizing the dresses’ details (located in different directions of the stretch of the knitted fabric), for the correct selection of compatible knitted fabrics for dress details and for the determination of the size of the knot and the width of the draped sections. The fit of the made dresses corresponds to the designed silhouettes and no creases or displaced seams are monitored. The accuracy of the mathematical models, which are determining the value of the reduction factors and the applicability of the system for pattern designing of the knitted dresses has been proven.