Stretch towel

Abstract

A woven terrycloth stretch fabric includes: weft yarns arranged along a first direction; first and second ground warp yarns arranged along a second direction, the first and second ground warp yarns being looped around the weft yarns with a first degree of tightness. Face loop warp yarns and back loop warp yarns are looped around the weft yarns with a second lesser degree of tightness, the ground warp yarns together with the weft yarns, together forming a base ground of the terrycloth stretch fabric. The plurality of face loop warp yarns and the plurality of back loop warp yarns each loop around the weft yarns so as to form front and back piles of the terrycloth stretch fabric. At least one of the ground warp yarns has a composite yarn comprising a cotton yarn having a polyolefin-based elastic yarn core.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A woven terrycloth stretch fabric comprising: a plurality of weft yarns arranged along a first direction so as to form a weft base; a plurality of first ground warp yarns arranged along a second direction; a plurality of second ground warp yarns arranged along the second direction, the first and second ground warp yarns being looped around the weft yarns with a first degree of tightness; a plurality of face loop warp yarns; and a plurality of back loop warp yarns, the face loop and back loop yarns being looped around the weft yarns with a second degree of tightness, less tight than the first degree of tightness, wherein the first and second ground warp yarns, together with the weft yarns, form a base ground of the terrycloth stretch fabric, wherein the plurality of face loop warp yarns and the plurality of back loop warp yarns each loop around the weft yarns so as to form front and back piles of the terrycloth stretch fabric, and wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of the first and second ground warp yarns comprises a composite yarn comprising a cotton yarn having a core made of polyolefin-based elastic yarn. 
     
     
         2 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second ground warp yarns comprise a two-ply composite yarn, the two-ply composite yarn comprising a cotton yarn twisted together with the composite yarn having the core made of polyolefin-based elastic yarn. 
     
     
         3 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 2 , wherein the twist per inch of the core of polyolefin based elastic yarn of the composite yarn is 8.5 TPI. 
     
     
         4 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 2 , wherein the core of polyolefin based elastic yarn of the composite yarn is more than 100 dtex. 
     
     
         5 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 2 , wherein the cotton yarn that is twisted together with the composite yarn having the core made of polyolefin-based elastic yarn to form the 2-ply composite yarn comprises staple cotton fibers spun yarn in 20 British type cotton count. 
     
     
         6 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein the weft base comprises staple cotton fibers spun yarn in 16 British type cotton count, having a twist per meter of 4.1 TPM. 
     
     
         7 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein the yarn thread count of the pile is 1/13 Hollow yarn. 
     
     
         8 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 7 , wherein the twist per meter of the pile is 3.2 TM. 
     
     
         9 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 2 , wherein the ground count is 2/20 KW (carded warp/weft) with 55 denier spandex. 
     
     
         10 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 2 , wherein the weft count is 1/16 KW (carded warp/weft). 
     
     
         11 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein the composite yarn has 8.5 TPI (twist per inch). 
     
     
         12 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 2 , wherein the 2-ply composite yearn has a ground count of 1/20 KW with 55 cotton/spandex. 
     
     
         13 . The woven terrycloth stretch fabric according to  claim 1 , further comprising a non-stretchy hem/border of the fabric having a count of 2/20 CW (combed warp/weft) with a preshrunk 8.5 TPI. 
     
     
         14 . A method of forming the woven terrycloth stretch fabric of  claim 2 , comprising applying a wet heat set at 60° C. or more to the 2-ply composite yarn before weaving using the warp and/or weft, wherein the constant load elongation rate is more than 480%, and the stretchability is facilitated by relaxing heat treatment at low tension in a post-weaving period.