Abstract
Cotton cellulose in form of loose bleached fiber was cross-linked with dimethylol ethylene urea. No serious difficulties were encountered, but the cross-linked fiber was brittle and suffered extensive damage when carded on the woolen system. The yarn so produced was extremely weak, although it exhibited higher bulk compressional resilience than yarn spun from untreated fiber.
Yarn spun on the woolen system from bleached cotton fiber exhibited high bulk, loft, and strength. Treating the yarn with DMEU reduced considerably its strength but increased its resilience.
Winter-weight fabrics could be produced from untreated cotton yarn and from cotton yarn spun from blends of untreated and DMEU-treated fibers. The hand of the fabric woven from the blend was superior to the hand of untreated fabrics and also of fabrics which were treated with DMEU after weaving.
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