Smocking Thread – Smoking Sew

Types of smocking thread

In the current market, there are many types of smocking thread. Depending on the purpose and needs of use, Toan Thinh`s smocking thread is divided into 2 groups as follows:

Group for the sewing industry (running smocking thread and processing smocking sewing)

Group for the textile industry (gloves, double-sided elastic, sword-machine elastic, letter-weaving elastic and underwear elastic)

Smocking thread, used in sewing smocking, plays an important role and is an indispensable material to produce many products for life. In which, Toan Thinh’s smocking thread is considered the “key” to creating outstanding quality products, thence promote Vietnam’s industry to the world.

About the wrapped rubber thread – sewing smocking

This smocking ancillary material is known by many names such as smocking thread, and cover rubber elastic, etc. In fact, these names come from its form: The small round shape as a thread and good stretch.

Raw materials for production of smocking thread include natural rubber fibers, Spandex, Polyester, nylon, Cotton and other fibers. In there:

• Rubber thread 37, 42, 52 and 63 is covered by polyester yarn.

• Spandex yarn 210, 420, 560 and 840 (also known as k3, k4, k5 and k6) are covered with polyester yarn.

Depending on the needs of customers, the following indicators will be flexibly changed if required:

• Stretch

• Shrinkage

• Big or small size

• Color

The application of smocking thread in the smocking industry

Smocking thread is widely used in the garment industry. The finished products are made with higher productivity and relatively low cost when compared to the woven elastic. Therefore, smocking thread is used to replace this round elastic in products requiring low strength such as: bags, hashtags, nametags, gloves and masks.

In addition, based on its stretchy properties, smocking thread is also used to produce short socks, gloves, bandages, women’s bras, sewing thread to sew into fabrics (shrugged t-shirts) and other decorative accessories. On the other hand, smocking thread is also used in the packaging industry.

Toan Thinh has been affirming our position in the Vietnamese garment industry. This woven thread product not only has outstanding quality, and a variety of types and sizes but also has competitive prices. Toan Thinh is currently supplying raw materials for garment products in foreign markets such as Walmart.

We are pleased to supply woven elastic and smocking thread with outstanding quality.