Prickle of Light-Weight Worsted Woven Wool Fabrics

摘要

Using the forearm test, the prickle of 26 commercially available light-weight worsted woven wool fabrics and 7 other fiber fabrics were studied under (24 +-1 )℃ temperature and (65 +-5)% RH conditions. The surface fiber diameter of part of the wool fabrics was measured using a microscope. It was found that most of the lightweight worsted woven wool fabrics gave a prickle sensation under the above conditions. The prickle sensation was significantly correlated with the mean fiber diameter of the surface hairiness. It was also found that the prickle of the light-weight worsted woven wool fabrics was significantly correlated with the number of surface fibers which were coarser than 26 μm diameter.