Elastic hydrophobic/hydrophilic composite yarns and moisture management elastic fabrics made therefrom

摘要

A composite textile yarn and a moisture management elastic fabric made therefrom, the yarn comprising an elastic filament and hydrophilic fibers embedded at the yarn center within a matrix of hydrophobic fibers such that the hydrophobic fibers are concentrated at the periphery of the yarn, a transition area between the hydrophobic fibers concentrated about the elastic filament at the yarn center and the peripheral hydrophobic yarns in which both fiber types are present.