*Absorbency and Wicking Behaviour of Natural Fibre-Based Yarn and Fabric DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102584*

point of interlacement as observed in warp or weft-way fabrics. Moreover, it is observed that the fabric made of 40s 2-ply warp and 40s weft twill weave fabric has higher wicking height, which is may be due to the reason of higher porosity of the fabric woven from the finer yarns. As the cover factor is low in the finer fabric, which may be responsible for higher porosity, which confirms the same reported by Erdumlu and Saricam [42]. According to the capillary principle, smaller pores are filled first and influence the movement of the liquid. As the smaller pores are completely filled, the liquid moves to the larger pores [43].
