A woven textile fabric that is lightweight, soft, smooth, supple and durable has a composition including a regenerated cellulosic fiber, cotton and an elastane fiber such as spandex. The fabric includes warp yarn and weft yarn, and the weft yarn is a core spun yarn made of an elastane fiber core surrounded by a sheath of blended regenerated cellulosic fiber and cotton. The fabric construction may range from about 44 ends/inch to about 300 ends/inch and from about 30 picks/inch to about 600 picks/inch. The warp count may range from 2 s count to 140 s count, and the weft count ranges from 2 s count to 170 s count. The fabric, which can be made using a series of innovative process steps, is particularly useful as a bed linen.

A composite low-twist towel that is formed of three parts: terry yarn, ground warp yarn and weft yarn. The ground warp yarn and the weft yarn are normal towel yarns and the terry yarn is a composite low-twist yarn. The composite low-twist yarn is composed of two yarns of different thickness, among them, the spun yarn is synthetic fiber spun yarn or filament yarn, and the thick yarn is the pure cotton yarn or the blended yarn of pure cotton and other fibers. The composite low-twist yarn is made into a warp beam through warping and sizing. Then, it interweaves with ground warp yarns and weft yarns through a towel loom or warp loom to form terry fabrics.

A woven sheet that is lightweight and breathable, while also being a durable, long-lasting type. The lightweight woven sheet comprises a dynamic grid construction that allows moisture vapor to escape while preserving durability of the sheet. The sheet includes a first section including a first type of weave having a first grid pattern and a second section including a second type of grid having a second grid pattern. The first weave is an open-weave, which makes the sheet breathable and lowers the overall weight of the sheet, while the second weave is a plain weave that provides durability to the overall sheet.

Nonwoven fabrics are provided that include a mechanically entangled blend of fibers comprising (a) post-consumer recycled polymer staple fibers (PCR-staple fibers) and (b) one or more additional fibers, in which the one or more additional fibers are different than the PCR-staple fibers. The PCR-staple fibers are mechanically entangled with the one or more additional fibers to define the nonwoven fabric.

A terry article includes a ground component including a plurality of ground warp yarns and a plurality of ground weft yarns interwoven with the plurality of ground warp yarns. The ground component includes a second side and a first side opposed to the second side along a vertical direction, as well as a pile component extending away from the ground component along the vertical direction. The pile component includes a plurality of plied yarns, where each of the plied yarns includes 1) a first yarn that has a first yarn count, and 2) a second yarn that has a second yarn count that is greater than the first yarn count. The second yarn includes regenerated cellulose fibers.

An article of apparel is disclosed that includes zones with a textile having a structure than changes or is otherwise modified by a physical stimulus, such as the presence of water or a temperature change, to modify a property of the textile. The zones may be along a center back area and/or side areas of the apparel, and the textile may increase in air permeability when exposed to water. In some embodiments, slits are formed in the textile.

The flame retardant yarn of the present invention is made by blending flame retardant viscose fiber and at least one high tenacity flame retarding fiber, the at least one high tenacity flame retarding fiber is flame retardant polyester or flame retardant finishing viscose fiber, wherein the flame retardant viscose fiber is 40˜90% by weight of the flame retardant yarn. The flame retardant yarn takes advantage of the superior flame retardance of the flame retardant viscose fiber, and takes the flame retardant viscose fiber to blend with other good tenacity and spinnability fiber by adjusting amount of raw materials in reasonable balance and avoiding disadvantages of the raw materials to optimize advantages of the flame retardant viscose fiber such as flame retardancy and tenacity so as to provide the flame retardant viscose fiber with high flame retardancy, long lasting flame retardancy effect, strength and elongation performance and good abrasion resistance. Fabric made by the flame retardant yarn not only has good flame retardancy, but also has good elasticity due to high tenacity of the flame retardant yarn.

The present disclosure relates to relates to fibers, yarns, fabrics and other materials that interact with electromagnetic radiation, wherein these materials are made from a carrier material (such as a cellulose or semi-cellulose) and a plurality of mineral particles as well as methods of making these materials. Specifically, the materials interact with electromagnetic radiation by absorption, reflection, refraction, polarization, or wavelength shifting. The fibers, yarns, fabrics and other materials of the disclosure are useful in a variety of products including furniture upholstery, sportswear and fashion applications.

Embodiments are directed to flame resistant fabrics formed of a plurality of spun body yarns and rip stops that extend between at least some of the spun body yarns in at least one of the warp or fill direction of the fabric. In some embodiments, the rip stops include at least two relatively tough yarns, and the relatively tough yarns include a core and a sheath.

A method and system for forming protective composite yarns and fabrics having selected performance characteristics including cut resistance and/or fire/heat resistance, while also providing enhanced comfort and aesthetic attributes. The yarn will include fibers of a first type introduced from a first roving to a first set of drafting rollers of a spinning frame, and one or more additional types of fibers introduced from one or more additional rovings additional sets of drafting rollers of the spinning frame in an alternating fashion with the fibers of the first type. The fibers of the first type and the fibers of the additional type are substantially overlapped and successively attached and detached to form the composite yarn having attributes of the first fibers, such as increased comfort, moisture-wicking and an ability to be dyed, colored or printed, combined with technical properties of the fibers of the one or more additional types of fibers, such as cut, abrasion and/or fire/heat resistance, static dissipation, and other performance characteristics, with bands or splashes of color from such fibers incorporated therein. Fashionable or aesthetically appearing performance fabrics can be formed from the composite yarn with the desired performance and comfort characteristics.