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Knitted terry fabric manufacturer
Terry is the fabric this group was built around. We knit it, dye it, finish it and sew it — so the pile you approve in a sample is the pile that arrives in the carton.
Knitted terry is made by feeding a third yarn into the knitting cycle so it forms uncut loops on one face of the fabric. Those loops are what give terry its absorbency, its weight and its particular softness — and they are also what makes it difficult. Pile height has to stay even across the roll, the loops must survive dyeing without matting, and finishing has to set the fabric without crushing what you have just made.
That is why terry gets its own processing route inside the group. Lucky Terry Processors handles pile constructions separately from flat knits, because a fabric with a raised surface behaves nothing like single jersey in a dye bath or under a compactor. Soft-flow dyeing keeps the fabric moving in a low-tension rope so the pile is not flattened, and finishing is set to stabilise width and shrinkage without pressing the loops down.
We knit terry plain, yarn-dyed into stripes, and as jacquard where the pattern is built into the pile itself. Weights run from a light 220 gsm for summer tees and baby wear up to 420 gsm for robes and heavy hoodies. If you need a weight or a loop density that is not on this page, it is a knitting-machine setting rather than a new supplier — send us the target and we will knit a swatch.
Specification
- Weight range
- 220–420 gsm
- Composition
- 100% cotton, cotton/polyester, cotton/modal, with elastane where recovery is needed
- Width
- Open width and tubular, finished to your spec
- Pile
- Single-sided loop pile; double-sided on request
- Dyes
- GOTS and OEKO-TEX approved reactive dyes only
- Certification
- GOTS organic cotton available
Variants
How we make knitted terry
Each of these is a machine setting or a finishing route we already run — not a new supplier.
- Plain terry
- Piece-dyed in solid shades — the workhorse for hoodies and rompers.
- Yarn-dyed stripe terry
- Stripes knitted from pre-dyed yarn, so the colour goes right through the loop.
- Terry jacquard
- Pattern knitted into the pile — checks, florals, geometrics.
- French terry
- Loop-back sweat fabric with a flat face, 240–380 gsm.
- Melange terry
- Knitted from grindle or melange yarn for a heathered surface.
What buyers use it for
- Hoodies and zip hoodies
- Baby and kids rompers
- Beachwear and robes
- Terry polos and tees
- Shorts and loungewear sets
- Pouches and accessories
Made from it
Styles in our range using knitted terry
Every one of these was developed in our own sampling room. Take a style as it stands or use it as a starting point.
Bottoms 
Bottoms 
Kids 
Kids 
Kids 
Kids 
Tops 
Kids Also from our knitting hall
Other fabrics we make.
Fabric supply
Need the cloth on its own?
We supply dyed and finished knitted fabric independently of any garment order, through our sister concerns Lucky Process and Lucky Terry Processors.