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WE TEST: TOWELS

BUYERS’ GUIDE

The makeup of a towel

• PILE WARP, also known as the loops (about 60 percent)

• GROUND WARP refers to the towel’s vertical threads (about 20 percent)

• WEFT, or the interwoven horizontal threads (about 20 percent). Various types of towels can be created by using thicker or thinner yarn, more or fewer threads per centimetre and higher or lower loops.

How it is manufactured

Towels are made with yarn that has been produced by different spinning methods:

• produces the most effective type of yarn. When used in the loops, the towel