The fabric type also affected the amount of fraying around
the severance and the definition of the severance (p 0.05,
p 0.05, respectively) (Fig. 3). However, the fabric type did not
affect the openness or the dimensional change of the severance.
The drill fabric changed less than the knit fabric: in knit fabrics
(i.e. single jersey) the yarn/fibre ends tend to curl towards the
technical rear once laundered, whereas, yarns in the drill
specimens tended to relax back into the plane of the fabric
causing more fraying once laundered. Severance in both fabrics
was less defined after being laundered. This result is consistent
with work of Daroux et al.