We have studied the effect of yarn spinning technology of the spirality of jersey fabrics in the dry and fully relaxed states for 100% cotton and 50/50 cotton/polyester blend yarns. From this study, we have concluded that 50/50 blend yarns produce less spirality than 100% cotton yarns. Furthermore, it seems that each spinning technology influences the degree of spirality in fabrics. For all practical purposes, spirality was virtually eliminated for some of the 50/50 blend air jet and rotor spun yarns that were used.
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