12—the Dimensional Properties of Plain-Knitted Cotton Fabrics Made From Open-End-Spun Yarn

An account is given of an investigation of the dimensional properties of a series of plain weft-knitted fabrics produced from open-end-spun yarns. The results are compared with those for similar fabrics knitted from ring-spun yarns. It is shown that fabrics knitted from the two types of yarn possess different properties and particularly that the amount of relaxation shrinkage observed in fabrics knitted from open-end-spun yarns is greater than that which occurs in fabrics knitted from ring-spun yarns. The aesthetic properties of fabrics made from open-end-spun yarns are inferior to those of fabrics made from ring-spun yarns, particularly with regard to a lack of stitch clarity and a somewhat harsher handle, although the latter effect is shown to be apparently unrelated to differences in the frictional properties of the two types of yarn.