Women's Mid-weight Flannel Shirts

Before we can learn about Women's Mid-weight Flannel Shirts, we must understand the meaning of "flannel". Flannel is a soft woven fabric that can be produced in a wide variety of fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or remain un-brushed. Although brushing can add to the softness, it is important for manufacturers to keep in mind that over brushing can weaken the fibers.

Brushing is a mechanical process wherein a fine metal brush rubs the fabric to raise fine fibers from the loosely spun yarns to form a nap on one side or both sides.

Flannel is commonly used to make plaid (tartan) clothing. Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colors. However, flannel does not have to be a plaid pattern. The association between flannel and plaid has led to the incorrect use of flannel as a synonym for plaid. Flannel can be solid color, stripes, etc.

You can learn more about plaid from our plaid shirts page.

Now, let's learn more about Women's Mid-weight Flannel Shirts.

Flannel shirts are obviously shirts made from flannel fabric. So, what does "mid-weight" mean. Well, think of "mid" as "middle". If flannel fabric comes in heavy weight and light weight, mid-weight fabric is some where in the middle.

The fabric weight is generally measured by weighing a standardized width of a yard or meter of fabric on a scale. fabric weights are occasionally evaluated by weighing square yards of a particular quality, or by weighing yards per one pound.

The weight of the fabric is correlated with the thickness & density.

fabrics are often categorized as light weight, medium weight (mid-weight) or heavy weight. Good luck finding an exact weight measurement that dictates exactly what falls into each of these categories.

Regarding flannel, if you want to stay warmer, go with heavy weight. If you want to stay a bit cooler, go with light weight. If you wish to be some where in the middle, go with mid-weight.

In science and engineering, the weight of an object is related to the amount of force acting on the object, either due to gravity or to a reaction force that holds it in place.

fabric units of measure

Learn more about fabric weights in our conversions section.

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