Woven brushed elastic fabric and method of making the same

A method of making a woven brushed elastic fabric, comprising:

• (A) preparing a fabric blank, the fabric blank being formed by interweaving a plurality of first yarns and a plurality of composite yarns,
• each of the composite yarns being composed of a second yarn and an elastic yarn, the second yarn being wound around the elastic yarn,
• the fabric blank having a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side and formed with a plurality of yarn loops,
• the yarn loops being formed by the interweaving of the first yarns and the composite yarns in a skip manner along a first direction or a second direction transverse to the first direction,
• each of the yarn loops having a gap between another yarn loop;
• (A1) heating the fabric blank so as to shrink the fabric blank, so as to reduce the gaps among the yarn loops and to enlarge the yarn loops;
• and
• (B) breaking only some of the yarn loops after the (A1) heating, wherein the fabric blank is fed to a conveyor belt of a brushing device having a plurality of needle bars that are hooked onto the yarn loops to break the yarn loops so that some of the broken yarn loops are each formed into two yarn segments.