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From good to poor: nylon, linen, acrylic, cotton, wool (coarse), silk, wool (fine), rayon, acetate. Absorbency-comfort of a garment can be greatly affected by the fiber's ability to regain moisture. If a fiber cannot absorb moisture, it feels clammy, and can plaster itself to your skin.Absorbent fibers have less static cling.ou may already know a lot of them just by handling them in your knitting, weaving, embroidery, or crochet. The length of a single unit of the fiber-the staple-can determine many things about the thread you will get. A short fiber is not usually a good base for thick single, whereas a long-staple can be.
Fiber Characteristics-Rayon. Manufactured Fiber-cellulosic-based from wood pulp. CHARACTERISTICS: 1  Soft and comfortable. 2  Drapes well. 3  Highly absorbent. 4  Dyes and prints well. 5  No static, no pilling problems. 6  Fabric can shrink appreciably if washing dry-clean-only rayon. 7  Washable or dry cleanable.nytime a rayon garment, labeled dry clean only, is washed, a risk is taken, and one of three things may happen. First the garment can shrink tremendously, sometimes as much as two or three sizes. Second, the garment may fade, or a printed pattern may bleed. And third, the fabric may lose its soft hand.