The Effect of Fibre Composition and Washing Conditions upon Hand Properties of Knitted Materials

Table 1

The characteristics of investigated knitted fabrics.

Fabric symbol	Composition	Pattern	Density		Surface density, g/m^2	Thickness 𝛿1, mm	Thickness change Δ𝛿, %
			Wale dir. 𝑃𝑤, dm^−1	Course dir. 𝑃𝑐, dm^−1
M1	95% CO, 5% EL	Plated jersey	265	160	222	0.77	3.9
M2	95% Bo, 5% EL		215	170	215	0.56	3.6
M3	95% CV, 5% EL		215	155	206	0.79	8.9
M4	92% CV, 8% EL		230	160	208	0.62	9.7
M5	88% CV, 12% EL		310	175	210	0.59	11.9

CV: viscose; CO: cotton; Bo: bamboo; EL: elastane.