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An article of fabric of a generally tubular shape body having an inner skin-facing surface with a generally symmetric inner circumference and an outer-facing surface having a generally non-symmetric outer circumference.
1 . An article of fabric comprising:
a tubular shaped body having a longitudinal length;
a first open end;
a second open end;
a symmetric inner circumference along the longitudinal length of the tubular shaped body;
a non-symmetric outer circumference along the longitudinal length of the tubular shaped body, the non-symmetric outer circumference comprising:
a first semi-circumferential portion of the outer circumference having a first thickness of courses; and
a second semi-circumferential portion of the outer circumference having a second thickness of less courses so as to provide the non-symmetric outer circumference, the second semi-circumferential portion being opposed from the first semi-circumferential portion along the longitudinal length.
2 . The article of claim 1 , wherein a difference in the first thickness and the second thickness is 1.5 to 5 times along the entire longitudinal length of the article.
3 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is a Terry loop or pile knit course.
4 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the hydrophobic yarn further comprising a metal.
5 . An article of fabric comprising a tubular shaped body consisting of a knitted or a woven fabric, the tubular shaped body having an inner skin-facing surface and an outer-facing surface interwoven with the inner skin-facing surface;
wherein the article of fabric includes an indicia on the outer-facing surface, wherein the indicia is one structure consisting of seven segments or two adjacent structures each of which consist of seven segments forming a universal number template for one or two side-by-side numbers, each of the one or two adjacent structures comprising physically separated vertical and horizontal segments.
6 . The article of claim 5 , wherein the indicia is a dropped in knitted shape of at least one segmented structure representing an Arabic number 8 or a matrix-like arrangement of circles, ovals, squares or rectangles.
7 . The article of claim 5 , wherein the inner skin-facing surface has a generally symmetric inner circumference and the outer-facing surface has a generally non-symmetric outer circumference; wherein the non-symmetry of the outer circumference extends along a longitudinal axis of the article.
8 . The article of claim 5 , further comprising a thickness of fabric having a first portion of a first thickness extending the length of the tubular body and extending about half of a circumference of the tubular body, and a remainder portion of a second thickness less than that of the first thickness.
9 . The article of claim 5 , wherein the first portion is a Terry Loops or Pile stitch and the remainder portion is a flat knit stitch.
10 . The article of claim 5 , wherein the fabric comprises hydrophobic or hydrophilic yarn or wherein the fabric comprises hydrophobic and hydrophilic yarn.
11 . The article of claim 5 , further comprising a metal-comprising hydrophobic yarn.
12 . The article of claim 5 , wherein the fabric comprises at least one layer of hydrophobic yarn in proximity to the inner skin-facing surface and at least one layer of hydrophilic yarn or a combination of hydrophobic and hydrophilic yarn more distant from the inner skin-facing surface than the layer of hydrophobic yarn.
13 . The article of claim 12 , further comprising elastic yarn.
14 . The article of claim 12 , wherein said hydrophobic yarn is polypropylene, polyethylene or blends thereof and wherein said hydrophilic yarn is cotton, cotton synthetic blended, wool, nylon, polyester, or acrylic.