Hemp fabric and method of making the same

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments may include a blended terry fabric or methods of manufacture therefor. The blended terry fabric may comprise a ground yarn, a weft yarn, and a pile yarn. The pile yarn may comprise a main core yarn and an auxiliary yarn. The main core yarn may be made from a blend of cotton and hemp. The auxiliary yarn may wind around the main core yarn to enclose the main core yarn. The auxiliary yarn may be made from cotton.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A terry fabric comprising:
 a ground yarn;   a weft yarn; and   a pile yarn, the pile yarn comprising:
 a main core yarn, the main core yarn made of a blend of cotton and hemp, and 
 an auxiliary yarn, wherein the auxiliary yarn winds around the main core yarn to enclose the main core yarn. 
   
     
     
         2 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary yarn is made of cotton. 
     
     
         3 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the blend of cotton and hemp of the main core yarn is approximately 70 percent cotton and approximately 30 percent hemp. 
     
     
         4 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the ground yarn and the weft yarn are made from a blend of cotton and hemp. 
     
     
         5 . The terry fabric of  claim 4 , wherein the blend of cotton and hemp of the ground yarn and the weft yarn is approximately 55 percent hemp and approximately 45 percent cotton. 
     
     
         6 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein an overall blend of cotton and hemp of the terry fabric is approximately 65 percent cotton and 35 percent hemp. 
     
     
         7 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein enclosing the main core yarn with the auxiliary yarn mitigates a harshness of hemp fiber. 
     
     
         8 . A blended fabric comprising:
 a ground yarn;   a weft yarn; and   a pile yarn, the pile yarn comprising a main core yarn and an auxiliary yarn, wherein the auxiliary yarn winds around the main core yarn to enclose the main core yarn.   
     
     
         9 . The blended fabric of  claim 8 , wherein the main core yarn is a blend of hemp and at least one other fiber. 
     
     
         10 . The blended fabric of  claim 9 , wherein the blend of hemp in the main core yarn is tuned to increase softness, resistance to abrasion, durability, antimicrobial and ultraviolet resistance, mold and mildew resistance, absorbency, tensile strength, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The blended fabric of  claim 9 , wherein the blend of the main core yarn is approximately 30 percent hemp. 
     
     
         12 . The blended fabric of  claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary yarn encloses the main core yarn in order to mitigate adverse features of the main core yarn. 
     
     
         13 . The blended fabric of  claim 8 , wherein the pile yarn and the ground yarn are approximately 55 percent hemp. 
     
     
         14 . A method of producing a blended fabric comprising:
 conditioning hemp fibers;   carding the hemp fibers and cotton to form carded slivers;   feeding the carded slivers through a breaker draw frame to form drawn slivers;   feeding the drawn slivers through a finisher draw frame to form draw slivers;   producing a roving from the draw slivers using a simplex machine;   feeding the roving to a ring frame to form main core yarn with blended fibers of hemp and cotton;   twisting and doubling the main core yarn with auxiliary yarn to form pile yarn; and   weaving the pile yarn into the blended fabric.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:
 winding the pile yarn onto a yarn cone.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:
 post-processing the blended fabric by bleaching, softening, drying, cutting, and stitching the blended fabric.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein conditioning the hemp fibers further comprises:
 conditioning the hemp fibers for between about 24 to about 48 hours at about 18 degrees Celsius; and   opening a cotton and hemp blend on willow at a constant humidity of about 80 percent.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:
 eliminating impurities from the hemp fiber.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein twisting and doubling the main core yarn with the auxiliary yarn encloses the main core yarn within the auxiliary yarn. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the main core yarn is about 30 percent hemp and about 70 percent cotton and the auxiliary yarn is solely cotton.