1. KNITTED CLOTHING
TECHNOLOGY
Knitted Garment Quality
SUBMITTED BY:- Sandeepa RaniSUBMITTED TO:- Vishal Sir

2. KNITTED GARMENT QUALITY
• The quality of a knitted garment reflects all
the processes through which the various
components have passed during its
manufacture.
• Knitted fabrics has already been discussed and
the problems of quality outlined.
• Faults incurred during the knitting and fabric
processes pass on into the knitted garment
itself unless detected an diverted.

3. Requirements
• The Quality System Requirements are based
on the principle of PDCA Cycle.
Process Cycle

4. Process Cycle
• Understanding the customers' quality requirements.
• Organizing & training quality control department.
• Ensuring proper flow of quality requirements to the QC
department.
• Ensuring proper flow of quality requirements to the
Production Department.
• Establishing quality plans, parameters, inspection systems,
frequency, sampling techniques, etc..
• Inspection, testing, measurements as per plan.
• Record deviations
• Feed back to Production Department.
• Plan for further improvement.

5. Establishing the Quality
Requirements
• The first step for quality control is to understand,
establish & accept the customers' quality
requirements. This involves the following steps.
• Getting customers specifications regarding the quality
• Referring our past performance
• Discussing with the Quality Control Department
• Discussing with the Production Department
• Giving the Feed Back to the customers
• Receiving the revised quality requirements from the
customers
• Accepting the quality parameters

6. Various Steps of Inspection & Quality
Control
• The following levels are discussed at the
Garment Making Department assuming that
this department is receiving the ready to cut
dyed & finished fabrics from the Dyeing &
Finishing Department.

7. Before or Pre-production Inspection
• The following parameters & defects are checked prior to cutting.
• Shade Matching
• Fabric Construction
• GSM (grams per square metre)
• Whales & courses if required)
• Diameter
• Dyeing Levelness
• Ecological parameters if required
• Softness
• Shrinkage
• Matching of Rib, Collars & Cuffs
• Fabric Holes
• Vertical & Horizontal Stripes
• Knitting defects such as missing loops, sinker lines, etc.
• Bowing
• Skewing
• Yarn defects such as thick & thin places

8. During Production Inspection
• Verify cutting patterns
• Cut components measurements
• Cutting shapes
• Fabric defects
• Other specific parameters as required by the customers
Rib, Collars & Cuffs matching
• Stitching defects
• Sewing threads matching
• Dirts & Stains
• Measurements
• Labels
• Trims & Accessories

9. Before Production Inspection
• Many of the important parameters of Pre-
productions, During productions & Final
inspection parameters. This is to ensure that
wrong or major defective garments are not
packed.

10. Final Inspection
• A. PACKING & ASSORTMENT
• Wrong Model
• Wrong Quantity
• Missing labels & tags
• Wrong Size & Colour assortment
• Wrong Folding
• B. FABRIC DEFECTS
• Wrong Shade
• Uneven dyeing
• Holes
• Knitting stripes
• Thick & Thin places
• Dirt & Stains
• Oil stains
• Sinker line
• Poor softness
• Higher Shrinkage
• Crease Marks

11. • C. WORKMANSHIP DEFECTS
• Open seam
• Puckering
• Needle holes & marks
• Unbalanced sleeve edge
• Unbalanced placket
• Insecure shoulder stitch
• Incorrect side shape
• Bottom hem bowing
• Uneven neck shape
• Cross labels
• Broken & Missing stitch
• Insecured buttons
• Untrimmed threads & fabrics
• Poor Ironing
• Double stitch

12. • D. GENERAL DEFECTS
• Shade variation within the garment parts
• Shade variation between the garments
• Defective printing
• Defective embroidery
• Defective buttons
• E. MEASUREMENT DEVIATIONS
• Compare the garment measurements against the Customers' Measurement Charts.
• Following are the some of the important garments' measurement aspects to be considered.
• Garment length
• Body width
• Shoulder length
• Arm hole
• Arm Opening
• Sleeve length
• Placket length
• Placket width
• Neck width
• Neck opening
• Hemming width
• IRib or Collar width