Abstract: A dry cleanable self-lined unfinished lustrous antique satin fabric having good hand, good crease resistance, and a woven look is provided. The fabric is a weft inserted warp knit (wiwk) fabric which has a multiple substrate, a single substrate with foam backing, or a single substrate with an additional sewn lining. The weft yarn is on the face of the substrate, and is a lustrous yarn such as rayon (as when producing non-washable draperies), or acrylic, bright polyester or acetate (as when producing washable draperies). The weft has a density equivalent to between about 36-52 single picks per inch, and at least part of the weft may comprise a novelty yarn. The warp yarn is stitching yarn, in a tricot stitch configuration. The warp yarn is a low-shrinkage filament yarn that is not fully oriented, and has a denier of between about 20-60, and an elongation of at least 15 percent. Non-woven inexpensive polyester substrate may be utilized; if a single layer is utilized it has a maximum weight of 2.

Abstract: A warp knit fabric comprises a substrate (preferably a non-woven fabric), plural warp yarns laid on a face of the substrate, plural weft yarns laid over the warp yarns, and plural stitch wales spaced-apart along the warp-wise direction of the fabric and being stitched through the substrate to hold the weft and warp yarns in position thereon. In such a manner, the warp yarns are interposed between the inserted weft yarns and the substrate face. A method and apparatus is also disclosed whereby the substrate and plural weft yarns are fed to a knitting area while concurrently interposing the warp yarns between a face of the substrate and the weft yarns. The weft yarns are then inserted into stitches of warp knitting yarns formed by stitching the warp knitting yarns, at the knitting ara, through the substrate so as to hold the weft-inserted yarns, and thus the interposed warp yarns, to the substrate face.