Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cashmere or vicuna-like fabric with a distinctive handle having more than 80 percent voids. A fabric is woven of warp yarns of synthetic fibers selected from polyester and polyamide fibers and crimped fibers which are readily soluble, and weft spun yarns of synthetic fibers selected from polyester and polyamide fibers of 0.4 to 1.4 denier or weft blended spun yarns of a blend of at least 70 wt. pct. of synthetic fibers of 0.4 to 1.4 denier selected from polyester and polyamide fibers and crimped fibers which are readily soluble. The nap on the fabric is raised and then the readily-soluble fibers are dissolved and substantially removed to form more than 80 percent voids in the fabric as calculated by the formula ##EQU1## wherein E is the percentage of voids in the fabric structure, W is the weight of the fabric in grams per square meter, T is the thickness of the fabric in millimeters and S is the specific gravity of the fibers in grams per cubic centimeter.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a method of preparing a papermakers wet press felt fabric, felts made therefrom and their use, as wet press felts on papermaking machines. By the method of the invention, there is obtained a method of making a papermaker's press felt harder and denser while at the same time maintaining a high level of void volume and permeability in a loaded nip of a paper machine press.

Abstract: Taught is a method of sizing polyester yarn for weaving comprising the steps of applying thereto a latex having an acid pH and of a free radical initiated vinyl polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 300,000 to about 2,500,000, said polymer in dried film form being hydrophobic and not redispersible in a solution at a pH of from about 2 to 7 but redispersible by an aqueous alkaline medium, said polymer being prepared from monomers consisting essentially of by weight, 45-65% butyl acrylate a total of 28-45% styrene and/or methyl methacrylate and a total of 8-14% acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, and drying the yarn.

Abstract: Disclosed is a warp knitted narrow lace and method of forming the same in which purls or decorative loops are formed in a curved line along curved scallops of the lace. This warp knitted narrow lace is manufactured by knitting the base fabric into a Raschel lace having a scalloped edge and simultaneously knitting laid in yarns into the edges forming the scalloped edge of the lace in such manner that the laid in yarns are laid in with stitches of soluble yarns and/or ravel yarns located outside base fabric at the outermost portion of the scalloped edge and with stitches of the base fabric in the indentations of the scallops. Dissolving the soluble yarns and/or pulling out the ravel yarns in the area of the outermost edge of the scallops, and cutting the stitches of the base fabric outwards of the purls in the indentations of the scallops results in the formation of a novel lace having purls formed in a curved line along the entire scallops.

Abstract: A multifilament yarn consisting of single filaments of the multicomponent matrix-segment type where the individual components of the yarn show a false-twist crimp and where all or part of the individual components, consisting of the matrix and at least three segment fibers split off such matrix, said segment fibers having shrunk by at least 10% in relation to the matrix fiber, are bonded to each other at irregular intervals.

Abstract: A woven sheeting fabric is provided with a variety of unusual and visually appealing decorative patterned effects by forming in the fabric open, shear areas of various size and shape having an appearance contrasting with adjacent, substantially heavier areas. The fabric comprises warp and weft yarns of corespun construction interwoven with one another to form a substantially uniform woven fabric construction. Each of the corespun warp and weft yarns has a continuous multifilament core portion and a sheath portion formed of staple fibers helically wrapped about the core portion to substantially surround and encase the same.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with a new textile product in the form of a lace strip which is entirely warp-knitted with sinuate scallops. The scallops are manufactured from bent scallop-forming yarns and picots of which one end protrudes outwardly in a U-shape configuration.The novel lace strips are manufactured by forming chain stitch lines in step-like indentation by overlapping the scallop-forming yarns and passing the yarns in turn through a plurality of needles. Simultaneously picot-forming yarns are transversely positioned to produce protrusions from the scallops. In order to separate the scallops and their picots, the parts of the knitted fabric to be readily separated, said scallops and attached picots are knitted to soluble yarns which are subsequently dissolved to facilitate separation.

Abstract: A suede-like sheet material closely resembling natural leathers in feel and nap is produced by temporarily fixing a fibrous mat consisting of "oceano-insular" composite fibers, impregnating said fibrous mat with elastomer (A), smoothing the surface, impregnating the resulting mat with another elastomer (B) which is harder and less swellable than said elastomer (A), removing the sea or matrix component of the composite fiber, and napping the surface of the resulting sheet material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a suede-like raised woven fabric of a combination weave having raised extra fine fibers on the surface thereof, which fabric comprises a continuous multifilament yarn used as warp, a yarn of a bundle comprising continuous extra fine filaments used as a first weft and a continuous multifilament yarn used as a second weft. The preparation of the raised fabric comprises weaving a fabric using appropriate material yarns, subjecting the fabric to heat treatment and subjecting the fabric to raising. The yarn constituting the first weft may be produced from a bundle of multi-core composite filaments by removing a component surrounding the cores. The fabric has an excellent suede-like touch, appearance and feel.

Abstract: Synthetic continuous filament yarn is woven with a sacrificial filling and thus formed into a prefabric, selected portions of the prefabric are dyed, the prefabric is optionally crimped either before or after dyeing, the prefabric is immersed into a dilute solution which, when concentrated will destroy the sacrificial filling, and the prefabric is then conducted through a heating and drying operation, boiling off the water and concentrating the solution, then substantially completely destroying the sacrificial filling and freeing the warp yarns as a free warp of intermittently colored yarns.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for knitting socks by means of a circular knitting machine in which the socks are knitted in a continuous string wherein a few courses are knitted with a soluble yarn between the toe portion of each sock and the welt portion of each subsequent sock, during which the string of socks is drawn rotatingly in downward direction out of the knitting cylinder, with the string of socks being passed from the circular knitting machine directly into a liquid flow wherein the soluble yarn with which the successive socks in the string are interconnected dissolves.