Dampening roll cover

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A bulked filament yarn and an elastic wrapped yarn are used to make an elastic dampening roll cover knitted in the form of a tubular sleeve that substantially eliminates pattern produced in the printed copy.
The dampening roll cover comprises knitted courses and wales of inelastic absorbent yarn with an elastic yarn interlaced with said courses and wales around the circumference of the tubular sleeve, said inelastic absorbent yarn comprising a substantially inelastic bulked yarn having a plurality of substantially continuous filaments which are individually convoluted into coils, crunodal loops and whorls at random intervals along their length and the surface of said yarn having a plurality of crunodal loops irregularly spaced therealong, said elastic yarn comprising an elastic core strand and a wrapping strand associated with said elastic core strand in the form of doubled-back loops wound with fals twist for a multiplicity of turns around the circumference of the elastic core strand.