Two-layer knitted fabric for active and leisure wear

Abstract

A two-layer weft knitted fabric of a three-thread fleece construction has an inner layer of polypropylene yarn, which is raised to form a fleece, and an outer layer of cotton yarn. The fabric is of a plain plaited structure consisting of a cotton face and binding yarn with a polypropylene backing yarn inlaid and tucked into the technical back of the fabric every fourth wale. In one embodiment, the inner layer of the fabric consists of a repeated sequence of three courses of polypropylene followed by a fourth course of cotton, and in a second embodiment all of the courses of the inner layer are of polypropylene.

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