| abstract |
A stretchable composite fabric appropriate to sports wear and under wear is a woven or knitted fabric including a composite yarns (A) formed from stretchable yarns ( 1 ) having a self-elongation of 5% or more upon absorbing water and an elongation at break of 200% or more and non-stretchable yarns ( 2 ) having a self-elongation less than 5% upon absorbing water, and yarns (B) including stretchable yarns ( 3 ) having a self-elongation less than 5% upon absorbing water and an elongation at break of 30% or more, wherein the yarns ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) in a sample taken from the composite fabric respectively have a length L 1 and a length L 2 , the ratio L 1 /L 2 is 0.9 or less, and the yarns ( 1 ) can self-elongate upon absorbing water and shrink upon drying. |