Lawn season is upon us and all women are busy making their summer wardrobes. The lawn is the cloth worn in summer as it is really hot in our part of the world, therefore we need a fine, thin fabric to wear during the summer season. It is sold both as unstitched fabric and stitched lawn suits. Lawn shopping has become a fad over the past few years as designers have jumped into the local lawn scene.
Lawn Cotton
The lawn is made of cotton. It is a plain-woven fabric and has a high amount of thread count, which gives it a smooth texture. Lawns can be made both with combed yarn and carded yarn. The cloth is semi-transparent because of the way it is interknitted giving the fabric a see-through appearance. It is lightweight thus making it a favorite fabric for the summer season. It is produced in many colors and printed with attractive prints for women to make clothes.
Weaving of the Lawn Cloth
The lawn features silky threads. It is a natural fabric with a plain weave. The fabric has a simple structure that makes it easier to stitch. A thin needle is recommended while sewing a lawn cloth as the thread count is very high.
The weaves of the lawn fabric depend on the textile manufacturer but it generally has a high thread count which makes it a fine fabric.
How Is the Fabric Made?
The lawn is made of cotton fibers and so the lawn-making process begins in the cotton cultivation fields. Riped cotton balls are separated from their seeds and the fibers are carded or combed before being spun into yarn.
Cotton fibers produced by carding are cheaper to produce, and a little rough whereas combing produces finer and smoother fibers and so it is expensive.
What Are the Different Types of Lawns?
There is a wide variety of lawns available in the market depending on their dyes, thread count, prints, and other augmentations that may be applied to them.
Following are the different types of lawns.
Batiste
Batiste is considered equivalent to the lawn in quality but it is even more fine and sheer and commonly used for ecclesiastical purposes.
Voile
Voile is also similar to lawn but it is even finer and has a higher thread count. As compared to voile the lawn feels slightly crisper to the touch.
Organdy
Organdy is finer, thinner, and more transparent than lawn cloth and is remarkably crisp. Organdy is the crispest fabric among all types of lawns.
Nainsook
When textile manufacturers produce lawn cloth using only combed yarn, the resulting fabric is called Nainsook. Nainsook is an extremely soft fabric.
Cambric
Cambric is similar to batiste and has the same thread count. It is slightly thick than other lawn forms so it is mostly worn in the transitioning weather.
Where Is It Produced?
India is the largest producer of cotton fabric but Pakistan is the largest global producer of finished lawn garments. China, however, remains the world’s largest textile producer. Pakistan’s textile industries also produce a high-quality lawn that is used in our garments. Pakistan also imports some fabrics from different countries.
The Lawn Fever
The lawn is one of the most popular choices to wear in Pakistan considering our weather as it is worn most of the year. The lawn is much favored in the country and every year women anticipate its launch when the season arrives and flock to the shops to buy the latest lawn suits. As soon as the spring season arrives, we see exhibitions being held everywhere for the latest lawn designs. The lawn fabric is printed with beautiful and colorful summer designs and they have a huge demand. Nearly all designers have jumped onto the lawn bandwagon considering the high demand. As more and more competition is growing in the lawn industry, so is the demand. The lawn is not only sold as loose fabric but also as ready to wear formals and pret. It has become such a popular fabric that people have now started using it formally. Designers launch their Eid collections in lawn cloth in the summer season.