Effect of yarn preparation methods on physical properties of paper mulberry woven fabrics

Abstract

Paper mulberry plants are used as the main material for making paper from past to present, however in this research offer another aspect of paper mulberry which have been utilized in the eco textile. The objective of this research was to experimentally produce paper mulberry fabrics by hand weaving using different methods of yarn preparation and determine the characteristics and physical properties of the obtained fabrics. The materials used for this study were the paper mulberry yarns spun by the modified hemp spinning method (MH) with 2, 4 and 6 mm bark strips (long fiber) and the modified cotton spinning method (MC) using 3.5, 5 and 6.5 cm fibers (short fiber). It was found that the MH fabric was dense and smooth which made from long fiber. In contrast, the MC woven fabrics were fuzzy and thickbecause of the short fiber. The woven fabrics made from the yarns spun by six different methods had statistically different thickness, weight, weft count, strength in warp and weft direction, elongation in warp and weft direction. Thus, the woven fabrics made from the MH2 nm yarn were the most suitable for the fabric production in this study.