Comparison of silk/polyester core and spun silk yarns and fabrics

Silkwrapped polyester core yarns produced on an improved pedal spinning wheel have been compared with yarns spun from 100%silkwaste. The fabrics made from both normal spun and core-spun yarns have also beenevaluated for various properties. It isobserved that the fabrics produced from core yarns as weftare stronger and more durable than those made from normal spun yarn as weft.The core-spun yarn fabrics show superior dyeingand fastnessproperties, better cover and better abrasion resistance, and are more suitable for furnishing and upholstery fabrics.