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Terry fabrics

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Terry fabrics, such as hand and bath towels, bathrobes, bathmats, etc., can also be mentioned in this context. In this case a pile thread in loop form is woven into a normal backing fabric. The pile thread accounts for most of the moisture absorption during drying. This pile thread must be soft-twisted and display rather higher yarn hairiness and high yarn bulk in order to ensure good moisture absorption. Pile yarns are therefore spun with spinning elements similar to those used for knitting yarns. However, rotor-spun yarns are not ideally suitable for fabrics in which the loops are subsequently clipped (pile goods), since the wrapping fibers restrict the yarn where it is clipped and prevent the formation of a uniform, dense pile.