Knitted garments made with knitting machines vs. jersey fabric garments – What is the difference?
Many use the term "knitwear" generically, but there's a big difference between true knitwear and garments made from jersey fabric (like t-shirts).
🔹 Knitwear (knitting machine production)
These garments are made using knitting machines that directly work the yarn to create the individual pieces of the garment (front, back, sleeves). The pieces are shaped during the production phase itself and then assembled by sewing or linking. This process allows for a more precise shape, a better fit, and the use of fine yarns like cashmere or wool.
➡️ This is the technique we use – artisanal, precise, and resulting in high quality.
🔹 Garment construction (Cut-and-Sew, like t-shirts)
In this method, the process starts with rolls of ready-made jersey fabric (usually cotton or synthetic fibers), which is cut into patterns and then sewn – as is done for t-shirts. The fabric is produced on industrial circular machines and lacks the structure or details of true knitwear.
➡️ This is a cheaper and faster method, typical of mass production, but not comparable to true knitwear in terms of quality or craftsmanship.
✅ In summary:
Our garments are not made from cut fabrics, but are worked directly from the yarn, using knitting machines, just as one would do by hand – but with greater precision. This is true knitwear, not just sewn fabric.