Standard Performance Specification for
Women’s and Girls’ Knitted Sportswear Fabrics1

This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4156; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope

1.1 This performance specification covers knitted fabrics
comprised of any textile fiber or mixture of fibers, used in
women’s and girl’s sportswear.

1.2 These requirements apply to the length and width
directions for those properties where each fabric direction is
pertinent.

1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents

2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles2
D 2594 Test Methods for Stretch Properties of Knitted
Fabrics Having Low Power2
D 2724 Test Methods for Bonded, Fused, and Laminated
Apparel Fabrics2
D 2905 Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens
for Textiles2
D 3786 Test Method for Hydraulic Bursting Strength of
Knitted Goods and Nonwoven Fabrics: Diaphragm Bursting Strength Tester Method3
D 3787 Test Method for Bursting Strength of Knitted
Goods: Constant-Rate-of-Traverse (CRT), Ball Burst Test3

2.2 AATCC Methods:4
8 Colorfastness to Crocking: AATCC Crockmeter Method
15 Colorfastness to Perspiration
16 Colorfastness to Light
23 Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes
61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic, and Laundering,
Commercial: Accelerated
116 Colorfastness to Crocking: Rotary Vertical Crockmeter
Method
124 1978 Appearance of Durable Press Fabrics after Repeated Home Launderings

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