

Cotton knitted cord is made from natural cotton yarn. It is soft, delicate, airy and quite elastic, has an openwork texture and a wonderful appearance.
Cotton cord is a combination of naturalness, softness and comfort in every centimeter of the rope.
Used as a cord for hoodies, as handles, for large macrame products, for knitting poufs and for non-standard creative things.
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| environmentally friendly | not afraid of UF radiation | excellent handling |
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| for macrame, decor and knitting |
Features
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Polyamide (kapron) | Polypropylene | Polyester (Lavsan) | Cotton |
| Density | 1.14 g/cm3 | 0.91 g/cm3 | 1.38 g/cm3 | 1.50 g/cm3 |
| Softening temperature | 170 °C | 140 °C | 225 °C | |
| Melting temperature | 215 °С | 165 °С | 260 °С | |
| Elongation at break | up to 50% | up to 30% | up to 30% | Up to 30% |
| Wet breaking load | loss up to 15% (breaking load is restored upon drying) | does not lose | does not lose | increase up to 15% |
| Resistance to sunlight | Insufficient | Insufficient (when adding light stabilizers and dyes, they are resistant to light and atmospheric conditions and almost do not lose strength for a long time) | Good | Average |
| Resistance to temperature from –40 to +60 | Good | Insufficient | Good | |
| Resistance to acids | Insufficient | Good | Good | Damaged |
| Resistance to alkalis | Good (damaged in hot alkalis) | Good | Fair (damaged in concentrated and hot alkalis) | Damaged |
| Resistance to microorganisms (rot, mold) | Good | Good | Good | Prone to rot |
| Insects | Not edible | Not edible | Not edible | |
| Fire | Hardly flammable | Hardly flammable | Hardly flammable | Highly flammable (does not emit harmful substances when burned) |
| Flexibility | Good | Sufficient (decreases at negative temperatures) | Good | Good |
| Energy absorption capacity | High | Sufficient | Good | |
| Resistance to shock loads (jerks) | Good | Sufficient | Sufficient | |
| Electrostatic properties | Dielectric | Dielectric | Dielectric | Dielectric |
| Moisture absorption | 4% | 0% | 0.4% | 8.5% |