People may not pay more attention to how many needles in their socks, they only concern whether their socks are good-looking or comfortable, but that doesn't mean there is no need for us to know the effect of the needle.
First, let us understand the concept of the needle, if you observe your socks carefully, you will find their constructions are like the following figure:
The needle we are talking about is like this V-shaped structure. The number of V in a circle means the number of needles there. Normally, the number of the needle in different types are like 72 needles, 96 needles, 120 needles, 144 needles, 168 needles, 200 needles, 220 needles, why the needle is different? Is there any distinction?
1 The effect of socks quality
In general, the more needle, the higher density of the socks, the better quality as well. However, we will not just pursue more needle, because the quality of socks are not only determined by the needle but also materials and technical processes.
Different socks need the different number of the needle, for example, baby's and children's socks, since they are small, so 72 needles, 96 needles are enough. Man's socks need 168 needles or 200 needles.
2 Effect to pattern
You may find that the pattern on the socks is not so delicate, normally speaking, the more needle, the more delicate patterns.
It is supposed that this is the pattern on the socks, the left one is with 15 needles, the right one is with 28 needles(Actually no such socks), you can obviously see that the right one is more detailed and more delicate than the left one.
3 Different cost
You need to know that, every factory cannot guarantee 100% yield, more needle means more producing time and higher error probability. Time is the cost, more needle will require more efforts and time of this factory, and the cost will be correspondingly higher.
The socks with the high-density needle will have more delicate patterns, the quality will be better, but the quality is not only determined by needle, but we also suggest you choose the probable needle base on market and your own estimates, if you don't understand, please contact us.
Well, here are some articles you can read to know more about socks:
Minimum Order Quantity of Socks in Different Yarns
What do You Need to Prepare to Start an Order of Socks?
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