We understand the importance of quality control. Whether our fabrics are helping to protect race car drivers or being used in high end paint rollers; our fabrics are made to exact specifications. Our quality team includes everyone in the company, headed by our Quality Control Manager. All our raw materials are checked before being used. Each piece manufactured is examined throughout the process and is individually numbered so that it can be tracked. Depending on the product, we do in-house testing based on ASTM , AATCC, and Federal Test Method Standards 191A. Draper Knitting got it’s start in knitting in a special way by knitting lace. We no longer knit lace but we still cater to the special needs of our customers. If you need a comfortable protective suit when you drive in the Indy 500, or a warm insert for your lineman’s work jacket, or a serviceable welder’s, miner’s or fireman’s glove, then you will appreciate what we can offer. Our capabilities are in circular knit jersey, terry, 2 yarn fleece, interlock and rib knits. Our weight range starts at 2.7oz/sq on jersey to our heaviest fleece at 20oz/sq. We knit with cotton, Kevlar®, wool, Nomex®, polyester,Eco, holofiber, FR rayon, acrylic nylon and blended yarns. Our facility has a full range of dyeing and finishing equipment to complete the process. Stitchbond is a nonwoven construction where the fabric is formed by stitching or knitting the fibers to form a fabric with the appearance of a knit fabric. This process creates a nonwoven that is more stable and more abrasion resistant than the standard needle punch nonwovens. We can run a wide range of fibers and fiber blends in the process to create fabrics ranging in weight from 3 to 8 ounces per square yard. Circular knit pile fabric takes a back yarn and incorporates fibers in sliver form into the back to create a durable and non-pilling fabric. Pile fabric differs from fleece in that fleece is knit with only yarns and then napped to its finished height. Pile fabric uses different length fibers to create different pile heights, therefore, having the ability to achieve much higher pile heights and much heavier fabric densities. Our current knitting schedule has us knitting everything from a 13 ounces to a 120 ounces pile fabric and all possible ounce weights in between. We use both natural fibers and synthetics. Draper Knitting has over 150 years of experience using wool and, therefore, is the natural choice when looking for a wool pile fabric for your needs. We offer an extensive array of finishing for our pile fabrics from a heat set finish to a very heavy acrylic back coating used in paint roller and buffing pads for stability. We have years of experience providing fabric to the garment and industrial markets and can customize coatings based on the end use of the fabric. We also offer custom slit widths for a variety of end uses from paint rollers to bed pads to animal leg wraps.