Ümit Altunkaya
Founder of Altunkaya Tekstil. Manufacturing knitted fabric in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul since 2013 — and the person behind the technical guides and fabric pages on this site.
Who writes the content on this site?
Ümit Altunkaya — founder of Altunkaya Tekstil, established in 2013. He runs knitted fabric production and export at the facility in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul. The weights, widths, fibre contents, shrinkage figures and care instructions on this site are not compiled from secondary sources; they come from our own knitting machines, dyehouse runs and customer orders.
Where does the first-hand experience come from?
| Fabric group | Hands-on experience |
|---|---|
| Polar fleece · Brushed · Printed fleece | Knitting, shearing, anti-pilling setup, weight control |
| Sherpa / plush · Teddy | Pile height, hand feel, jacquard and print application |
| Welsoft · Checked/striped welsoft | Jacquard patterning, drape, home-textile use |
| Jersey · Lycra jersey · Combed cotton | Combed vs carded, GSM–width relationship, shrinkage |
| Three-thread · French terry · Brushed | Brushing depth, 2-thread vs 3-thread, winter weights |
| Dyeing & finishing | GOTS · BCI · OEKO-TEX Standard 100 Class I processes (partner dyehouse) |
What the work actually involves
How the content on this site is produced
Technical figures — weight ranges, widths, fibre ratios, minimum order quantities — are taken directly from our production and dyehouse records. Guide articles are built on top of that data and are read against real production conditions by the production team before publication.
The site is published in seven languages. For languages other than Turkish, software assistance is used in translation and editing; the technical values, however, come from the same source in every language, and when an error is found it is corrected across all languages at once. If something is not verified on our side, we do not publish it — for example, we hold no GRS certificate, so no GRS claim appears anywhere on this site.
Frequently asked
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