Abstract:
In this paper the propensity to surface pilling of two groups of sock plain knits knitted with single ring, rotor and air-jet spun yarns made of viscose and lyocell fibers in full plating with textured multifilament polyamide yarns of different linear density were tested, and compared to socks knitted with single ring spun cotton yarns in full plating with polyamide yarns of different linear density. For the purpose of investigating the influence of yarn type on the propensity to surface pilling of sock knits made from insufficiently researched man-made artificial fibers from cellulose, modified Martindale method were used on samples sampled from leg part of the socks, tested before and after five repeated cycles of simulated domestic care (washing and drying).
