Abstract:

This paper investigates the effect of fabric weight on the spirality of single jersey fabrics. For this aim, ten knitted fabrics with different weights were knitted with 100% cotton and Tt 19.7/1 combed ring spun yarn, carded S ring spun yarn and carded Z ring spun yarn to investigate the effect of the type of yarn on spirality. Furthermore, these samples were dyed to explore the dyeing effect on spirality. After the dyeing process, the twenty fabrics produced were laundered and dried according to domestic laundering and drying test procedures. It was observed from the study that the fabric weight per m˛ has a significant effect on spirality for all the yarn types. Another finding obtained was that the dyeing process reduces the spirality by about half, which shows that fabrics knitted from carded S ring spun yarns give lower spirality values.