Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazuto Oue

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Mitsuyuki Yamamoto

Yoshiomi Hotta

Keiko Yoneda

Tomoko Takahashi

The invention provides dyed yarn characterized by comprising dyed polytrimethylene terephthalate fiber, having an elastic recovery of 60% or greater under 10% elongation, and having a boiling water shrinkage of no greater than 4%. The dyed yarn of the invention has excellent stretchability and dimensional stability as well as a soft feel, and is therefore suitable for use in fabrics.

Dyed yarn

The present invention provides a stretchable woven fabric characterized in that the warp yarn and/or the weft yarn is prepared from a false-twisted yarn of a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) multifilamentary yarn, and that the false-twisted yarn is twisted with a twist factor of from 2,700 to 13,000 in the direction reverse to the false twisting direction. The woven fabric of the present invention is useful as a stretch material for sportswear, outerwear, and the like.

Woven strecth fabric

Machine sewing thread

Yarn comprising polytrimethylene terephthalate

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Takatsuki, Japan

Kazuto Oue