Crimped filament-containing woven or knitted fabric manifesting roughness upon wetting with water, process for producing the same and textile products made therefrom

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A woven or knitted fabric, having a roughness which is manifested when wetted with water and disappears when dried, comprises crimped filaments A whose percentage of crimp decrease when wetted with water, and filaments B composed of non-crimped filaments and/or crimped filaments which undergo substantially no change in percentage of crimp when wetted with water wherein the , change of the roughness is 5% or more determined in , accordance with the following equation: Change in Roughness (%) = ((TW-TD)/TD) x 100 in which TD: a thickness upon drying and TW: a thickness upon wetting with water, of the woven or knitted fabric.