Process for patterning textile materials and fabrics made therefrom

13 The process according to claim 11, wherein said step of continuously dyeing is performed using a pad/steam process.

A process for manufacturing patterned fabrics from a dye process comprising the steps of:

• applying a chemical substance to selected regions of a fabric, said chemical substance being adapted to prevent total saturation of underlying fabric regions to which it is applied without requiring a subsequent operation to remove it from the fabric;
• and
• dyeing the fabric, to thereby produce a patterned fabric.

A process for manufacturing patterned fabrics comprising the steps of:

• applying a water soluble chemical substance designed to inhibit wetting to a fabric to define treated and untreated fabric regions;
• and
• exposing said fabric to an aqueous dye, such that said treated regions are wet by said aqueous dye to a lesser extent than said untreated regions, thereby forming a pattern of relatively dissimilar colors as a result of their relative differences in uptake of the aqueous dye.

A patterned textile fabric having a predetermined pattern of color defined by regions of greater and lesser uptake of the same color of equally applied dye, wherein said regions of lesser dye uptake of the finished fabric have substantially the same physical strength as said regions of greater dye uptake.

A process for patterning fabrics comprising the steps of:

• applying in a pattern to a fabric a chemical substance capable of temporarily mechanically inhibiting the wetting of underlying regions of the fabric;
• and dyeing the fabric by a non-exhaust dye method, to thereby form a patterned fabric.