Netting Fabric

Netting fabric is any textile where the fused yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections which creates a breathable fabric for many and various end-uses. Netting fabric has always possessed the outstanding attribute of diverse utility. Netting has consistently been used in various applications throughout time, including in the commercial fishing industry and medical/ healthcare sector. The different weaving patterns, the weight and durability of the yarn, the chemical properties of the yarn, and the size of the holes (the gauge) all affect the different uses and kinds of netting fabric currently being used today. Often times, the yarn filaments of the netting are coated with wax or plastic which will add a performance variable to the intended use, such as making the netting waterproof, heavier and stronger.

One of the most obvious applications of netting fabric is anywhere and time where breath-ability is a necessity. The porous nature of netting allows for whatever contents are within the netting fabric to be exposed to air flow and, therefore, would provide a good deterrent to bacteria, mold and other such hygienic concerns.

Some more common uses and applications of netting fabric include:

• Fabric insulation
• Medical netting for cushion, protection and compression
• Commercial fishing trawling lines
• Camping tents
• Luggage and transport bags and sacks
• Hats and wearable accessories
• Mosquito and insect barriers

Hex Mesh Netting Fabric

Our Hex Mesh netting fabric is ideal for use and utility in the making of pocket liners and laundry bags. With a medium crisp finish, a weight of 2.5 ounces per square yard, and made of 100% polyester warp knitted yarns, this is a fabric material utilized in a wide variety of containment needs.

Laundry Bag Netting Fabric

Our laundry bag netting fabric is a 2.75 ounces per square yard material that is made from 100% polyester and has no coating. This knitted weave netting boasts a .25″ home size (gauge). Some of the many applications that can be crafted to durable end-uses include: bag pockets, shoe organizers, clam bags and aqua cultures/ fish netting, seat pockets, truck covers, decoy bags, debris nets and many countless athletic type bags!

Mesh Netting Fabric for Hats

Our mesh netting fabric for hats weighs 1.75 ounces per square yard and is crafted from 100% polyester warp knit yarns. It has a medium crisp finish, and is often used in crafting linings in wind pants, compression pants, bathing suit fronts, laundry bags, dust mops, wet mops, trucker and baseball caps, and can even be used as reinforcement during laminating. This is a very popular and often-used fabric netting mesh, and in many different applications!

Mosquito/ NoSeeUm Repellent Netting Fabric

Our mosquito and insect repelling netting fabric is an outstanding material that weighs .85 ounces per square yard. Very light weight and sheer, this weave has 1,054 holes per square inch! This is ideal to allow for the cooling passage of air and wind, but is small enough to deter and prevent any bug and pesky mosquito from passing through. The yarn is a 100% polyester 20D stabilized and has a tricot knit weave. This is another very popular fabric netting material used in tents as insect protection, in and around koi ponds, hunting camouflage, baby cribs, gardens and even as clothing. Sheer, lightweight and tightly woven, this material is extremely versatile!

Vinyl coated mesh netting fabric

Our vinyl coated mesh netting fabric weighs a hefty 7.5 ounces per square yards, and is crafted from 1000 Denier yarn. There are 9 x 9 holes per square inch (81 squares per square inch). It is a 100% PVC (vinyl) coated polyester scrim. This strong material is often used as a landscape tarp, truck tarp, weed barrier, liners, tennis court dividers, privacy screens, debris nets, wet mops and many more end-uses! The color variations and range are nearly unrivaled.

As is evidenced, this netting comes in many different weights, finishes, gauges, colors, and material types. It is a fascinating textile that can be utilized in so many wide-ranging ways. We hope that you have learned a little bit about this textile type from this feature, but if you have any questions, please email us at [email protected], or call us at 404-514-7166. If you are looking for creative ways to utilize and craft with netting material, click thru here.

Definition of Net Fabric

Net or netting is an open mesh form of fabric construction that is held together by knots or fused thermoplastic yarns at each point where the yarn cross one another. There are several types of mesh; they are square, hexagonal, and octagonal. The range of mesh sizes is from coarse and opens to find and share. Netting may be made of any kind of fibre and may be given a soft or stiff sizing. Net fabrics are relatively fragile and require care in handling and cleaning. Torn net fabrics cannot be satisfactorily mended because the repair would be apparent. If the sizing is water-soluble, the fabric should be dry-cleaned.

Early nets were made by hand-knotting yarns at each point of intersection to produce a specific geometric pattern. Prior to 1809, nets were made by hand, but in that year a new machine produced knotted nets so like hand-knotted fabrics that few people could distinguish between them. The comparatively large mesh of knotted nets does not slip, spread or distort during use. Knotted nets are used for hammocks and fishing nets.

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In recent years most light nets have been constructed on either Tricot or Raschel knitting machines, so the yarns are only interloped and not knotted. These knitted nets lack the stability of those constructed by knotting. Their primary use is in apparel, although some are used as decorative window hangings.

Types of Net Fabric

There is a variety of netting; some are produced under specific trademarks. Among the best-known standard fabrics are noted here. These nets are classified as bobbinet, fishnet, filet, maline or tulle.

1. Bobbinet: It is a hexagonal mesh that may be very thin and transparent (bridal illusion) or fairly coarse and opaque (casement cloth), depending on the yarn count of the material used to produce it. Most bobbinet sold in the United States is produced in England and France.
2. Tulle: It is a fine, stiff hexagonal net made from silk or nylon yarns. It is very similar to a bobbinet but lighter in weight than a bridal illusion; some references do not separate bobbinet and tulle. It is generally used for trimming or over draping of dress goods.
3. Fishnet: It is a coarse open-mesh construction created by knotting the mesh in a manner similar to a fisherman’s knot.
4. Filet net: It is made with a square mesh, and maline net, used in millinery, is a fine, very thin, diaphanous; open a diamond shape with hexagonal holes.

Uses of Net Fabric

1. Netting is one of the key components of fishing in mass quantities. This textile is used because of its sturdy yet flexible origin, which can carry weight yet, still be lightweight and compactable. Fishermen use netting when trawling, because it is sturdy enough to carry large amounts of weight as fish are trapped, pulled, then lifted out of water.
2. Net is also used in medical practices to provide fabric insulation and wrapping under an industry-standard sling. In medical practice, netting provides cushion and protection, when used in layers, but still allows the skin to breathe under the fabric.
3. Depending on what the netting is being used for, a different wax or plastic coating can be applied in order to cover the filaments that use up the yarn. Filaments can be made from synthetic or natural fibres, but that is all up to the manufacturer when deciphering what the future of the textile entails. When netting is going to be exposed to water or heat often, manufacturers consider that and apply what best fits that textile.
4. Net is commonly used in camping tents. Air can easily pass through the holes, which allow breathability that doesn’t trap bacteria, and remain impermeable to pests and insects.
5. Netting is often used for luggage bags to create transparent, breathable compartments that allow people to store items.

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