JAPANESE PAPER YARN AND CIRCULAR KNITTED FABRIC USING THE YARN

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Japanese paper yarn made from Japanese paper and has such elasticity as capable of being circularly knitted.;SOLUTION: This Japanese paper yarn having elasticity is characterized by winding an elastic fiber 3 on a core yarn comprising a yarn 2 made by suitably twisting a flat yarn prepared by long and narrowly cutting Japanese paper. The Japanese paper yarn is preferably characterized by further winding a water-soluble fiber 4 on the above-mentioned Japanese paper yarn. A circular knitted fabric is obtained by circularly knitting the Japanese paper yarn.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI