Will LasryFounder, Glass Factory · 1.5M+ Online | Vogue 100 Innovators

From Knit Tube to Flat Fabric

8 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this instructional segment, the presenters explain how a tubular knit fabric is transformed into a flat, open fabric using a cutting blade integrated into the production line. They describe the machine’s operation: the tube descends, the blade slices it open, and the resulting flat fabric is rolled up. The discussion then shifts to practical considerations for cutting machines, emphasizing that when fabric is already opened, seeding (layered cutting) does not interfere with garment cutting, and the fabric remains homogeneous along its entire length. They also compare the visual appearance of very light fabrics, which show no wrinkles after opening, to more compact fabrics that develop noticeable wrinkles, highlighting how fabric weight influences post‑cut appearance.

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This is incredibly subtle. No client would ever know about this. Even at luxury brands, they have no idea this is going on. What's going on right here is the tubular fabric is coming down. It's coming down as a tube, and then usually in cutting is when they would open up the tube. In this case, the machine is a blade right here that's actually cutting the fabric. You'll see that it's a tube over here, but it's cutting over here, and then that fabric is separated and it's then rolled up as an open fabric that's been cut.
So when you have the fabric layering on the cutting machine, if seeding, you cannot cut a garment there. Since the fabric already open, you don't have this problem. Every fabric will be homogeneous in the all length. This is a very light fabric, you don't see the wrinkle. If it was a more compact fabric, you see here like the wrinkle.