Abstract: A plurality of heavy denier thermoplastic monofilaments is gathered together and continuously wrapped with a flexible wrapper yarn. The wrapped bundle is fed into a stuffer crimper to form a multiplicity of texturized bends. The product is a stiff, pliable texturized yarn and the nomofilaments in the wrapped bundle have a multiplicity of heat-set bends repeating lengthwise along the lengths of the monofilaments.