Claims
- 1. A dyed cotton fabric having white portions dispersed throughout dyed portions, said white portions having an average feature area value of greater than 1.0.times.10.sup.-3 in.sup.2, said fabric being made by preparing yarns of which the fabric is made by a pretreatment to limit dye penetration of the yarns, dyeing the yarns to achieve dyeing of the periphery of the yarn, forming the yarn into the fabric and subsequently abrading the fabric to wear away outer parts of the yarn and expose the core of the yarn to form said white portions.
- 2. A dyed cotton fabric having white portions dispersed throughout dyed portions, said white portions having a fractional area value of at least 32% and an average feature area value of at least 0.8.times.10.sup.-3 in.sup.2, said fabric being made by preparing yarns of which the fabric is made by a pretreatment to limit dye penetration of the yarns, dyeing the yarns to achieve dyeing of the periphery of the yarn, forming the yarn into the fabric and subsequently abrading the fabric to wear away outer parts of the yarn and expose the core of the yarn to form said white portions.
- 3. A fabric according to claim 1, wherein said fabric has warp yarns and said warp yarns are dyed with indigo dye.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 322,130, filed Mar. 10, 1989now U.S. Pat. No. 5,330,538.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Carmichael et al., Callaway Textile Dictionary, 1st Edition, LaGrange, Ga., p. 362, 1965. |
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