Provided is a warp-knitted fabric configured by a first yarn, a second yarn, and a third yarn, wherein the first yarn and the second yarn are elastic yarns; the third yarn is a nonelastic yarn; and an amplitude A of the first yarn, an amplitude B of the second yarn, and an amplitude C of the third yarn satisfy relationships of AB and AC. Provided is an elastic article including the warp-knitted fabric above.

A method includes drawing each multiple partially oriented polyester yarn from a corresponding supply package to form an oriented polyester yarn as a single multi-filament polyester weft yarn, inserting the multi-filament polyester weft yarn during a single pick insertion event of a pick insertion apparatus of a loom apparatus through winding the multi-filament polyester weft yarn on a single-pick yarn package, and conveying at least two of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn across a warp shed of the loom apparatus through a set of warp yarns in the single pick insertion event to form an incremental length of a woven textile fabric having a first surface with a majority of ends of the warp yarns and a second surface with a majority of picks of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn thereon. The method also includes solely abrading the second surface to provide for comfort to a user during contact therewith.

Elastic thread lines can extend along borders of puckering areas of a fabric. The thread lines can include elastic thread line sections of the thread lines passing through thread line intersections and segments of the thread lines between the intersections. The elastic thread lines can bias the puckering areas in multiple different non-parallel directions toward a puckered configuration. In the puckered configuration, the puckering areas can be gathered together to pucker the fabric. The fabric can be stitched together to form a product, such as a sleeping bag sack that is stretchable in multiple orthogonal directions by stretching the thread lines. Elastic thread line sections passing through intersections can be made more secure by forming thread line section patterns that increase numbers of thread line crossings at the intersections. Densities of thread lines in different directions can be selected to produce different amounts of gathering, and for security.

A cloth containing a fiber having on a surface a polyacetal copolymer containing a prescribed amount of oxyalkylene unit(s), wherein the cloth exhibits a q.sub.max value of at least 0.2 W/cm.sup.2, when the cloth is brought into contact with a heat storing plate of 40 C. under a contact pressure of 0.098 N/cm.sup.2 in an environment at a temperature of 20 C. and at a relative humidity of 65%, is superior in contact cold sensation, colorfastness, quick drying property and gloss.

The invention provides an antimicrobial fiber which exhibits excellent antimicrobial properties even without the addition of antimicrobial agents and can remain antimicrobial even after repeated washing. The antimicrobial fiber comprises a fiber having on a surface thereof a polyacetal copolymer (X) containing oxyalkylene groups, the molar amount of oxyalkylene groups in the polyacetal copolymer (X) being 0.2 to 5 mol % relative to the total of the molar amount of oxymethylene groups and the molar amount of oxyalkylene groups.

The present disclosure relates to a woven textile fabric, the fabric including: a warp yarn with a yarn count of 20s to 60s comprising a blend of a cotton, a recycled cotton and a recycled polyester; and a weft yarn with a yarn count of 20s to 60s comprising a blend of a cotton, a recycled cotton and a recycled polyester, wherein the total content of the recycled cotton in the fabric is at least about 15%, further wherein said fabric exhibits rating of 3 or above when the fabric is tested for pilling after 1000 rubs. The advantageous fabric realized in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure has excellent wrinkle resistance, high tensile strength, and low pilling.

A textile sheet (1), which is in the form of a three-dimensional multi-layer knit structure having at least three layers, characterized in that the first and third layers each have at least two portions, wherein the first layer (2) absorbs the liquid and transports the liquid to the intermediate layer (3) wherein the first layer has an upper portion which is hydrophobic and a lower portion which is hydrophilic, both portions being smooth knitted and plated; the second layer (3), namely the intermediate layer (3), absorbs and retains the liquid, the intermediate layer having hydrophobic transverse threads (3a), which interconnect the first and third layers, and the intermediate layer having a hydrophilic inlay; and the third layer (4) prevents the liquid from escaping from the material wherein the third layer has an upper portion that is hydrophobic and a lower portion that is waterproof, both portion being smooth knitted and plated.

An insulating material and a method using that material for preventing perioperative hypothermia in hospital patients. Hospital blankets, hospital gowns and thermal wraps are made with the insulating material, which comprises in one embodiment an inner layer and an outer layer of a nonwoven material and a middle layer of a polymer laminate material. The nonwoven material is a bicomponent coextruded spunbond nonwoven polypropylene and polyethylene textile and the polymer laminate material comprises polyethylene and metallised polyethylene terephthalate. The nonwoven material is arranged with an elastic such that the insulating material can change between a first configuration wherein the elastic is stretched such that the primary material lies adjacent to it, and a second configuration wherein the elastic is relaxed such that the primary material is bowed with respect to it, forming at least one cavity for entrapping air.

A thread count of a woven textile is proliferated by simultaneous insertion within a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus multiple adjacent parallel yarns drawn from a multi-pick yarn package. In one or more embodiments, multiple texturized polyester weft yarns of denier between 15 and 65 are wound on a single bobbin in a parallel adjacent fashion such that they may be fed into an air jet pick insertion apparatus and/or a rapier pick insertion apparatus of an air jet loom to weave a textile that has between 90 to 235 ends per inch cotton warp yarns and between 100 and 965 polyester weft yarns.

An ultra-soft fabric and a process of manufacturing the ultra-soft fabric is described. The ultra-soft fabric is made from polyester staple fiber and high-tenacity, man-made cellulosic staple fiber, and fabrics made therefrom, and has particular reference to fabrics having a high resistance to wear while retaining a high comfort level. Another embodiment improves the durability of the ultra-soft fabric.