Comfort and Mechanical Properties of Cotton and Cotton Blended Knitted Khadi Fabrics

2014; Volume: 8; Issue: 2-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09737189.2014.11885419

ISSN

2456-6780

Autores

Suman Pant, Rajkumari Jain,

Tópico(s)

Textile materials and evaluations

Resumo

Main aim of present study was to develop hosiery material for khadi cottage industry. Hand spun cotton and cotton: polyester yarns were utilized to construct knit fabric in manually operated knitting machine. Plain knit and rib knit fabrics (1x1, 2x2) were developed in flat bed cotton hosiery machine of 14 gauge 40 inch. Comfort and mechanical properties of knitted fabrics constructed from hand spun cotton and cotton: polyester yarns were tested by standard procedure. It was found that cotton knitted khadi fabric is more comfortable than cotton: polyester khadi knit with less pilling tendency. On the other hand, strength and abrasion resistance of cotton:polyester khadi fabric is better than cotton knit fabric.

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