Lowering or cycling of humidity during recovery from wrinkling increases the degree of recovery, despite the influence of a lower equilibrium recovery rate at the lower humidity. The effect is interpreted as a combination of increased stress relaxation and a swelling-deswelling phenomenon, resulting in changes in interyarn and interfiber friction.
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