KENYA STANDARD      KS 584 -2: 2020  
ICS59.080.30  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockings — Specification  
 
Part 2: 
 
Ladies’ stockings  and Panty hose  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ii  © KEBS 2020  — All rights reserved  TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPRES ENTATION  
 
The following organizations were represented on the Technical Committee:  
 
Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute  
Egerton University — Department of Applied Community Development Studies  
Consumer Information Network  
Sumitomo  
Pest Control Board  of Kenya  
Spin Knit Ltd.  
Alpha Knits Ltd.  
Kamyn Industries Ltd.  
Sun Flag Textile & Knitwear Mills Ltd.  
Ken Knit (K) Ltd.  
Spinners & Spinners Ltd.  
Kenya Textile and Training Institute  
Multifacet Consulting Ltd.  
Radbone Clark (K) Ltd.  
Consumer Information Network  
Topserve Ltd.  
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation — Department of Malaria Control  
Vestergaard  Frandsen (EA) Ltd.  
Ministry of Defense Research & Development  
Fashion Council of Kenya  
The National Training Institute (NITA)  
Kenyatta University  
Ministry of Health  
Kenya Association of Manufacturers  
Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development  
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Stockings — Specification  
 
Part 2:  
 
Ladies’ stockings  and pantyhose  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Foreword  
 
This Kenya Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee on Ready Made garments  under the guidance 
of the Standards Projects Committee, and it is in accordance with the procedures of Kenya Bureau of Standards.  
 
The manufacture and performance requireme nts of stockings in this standard are vital for manufacturers to meet 
consumer expectations of good quality seamless stockings.  
 
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the Third edition ( KS 584 -2:2017 ) which has been technically revised.  
 
During the prep aration of this standard, references were made to the following documents:  
 
MS 2.57:  Specification for rib -knitted gents’ nylon stockings.  
 
MS 2.54:  Specification for rib -knitted cotton stockings.  
 
IS 833:  Specification for gents’ rib -knitted nylon stockings.  
 
Acknowledgement is hereby made for the assistance received from these sources.  
  
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© KEBS 2020  — All rights reserved    1 Stockings — Specification  
 
Part 2:  
 
Ladies’ stockings  and pantyhose  
 
1 Scope  
 
This Kenya Standard specifies the requirements for ladies’ stockings  and panty hose made  from elasticized 
material . 
 
2 Normative references  
 
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes 
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
 
KS 2659,  Packaging of textile products — Code of practice  
 
KS IS O 105 B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc 
fading lamp test  
 
KSISO 105 B04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B04: Colour fastness to artificial weathering: 
Xenon arc fading lamp tes t 
 
KS ISO 105 C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness to washing with soap or 
soap and soda  
 
KS ISO 105 E01, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E01: Colour fastness to water  
 
KS ISO 105 E04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E04: Colour fastness to perspiration  
 
KS ISO 105 -N02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part N02: Colour fastness to bleaching: Peroxide  
 
KS ISO 105 X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbin g 
 
KS ISO 139 ,Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
 
KS ISO 1833  (all parts), Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis  
 
KS ISO 7211 -5 ,Textiles —woven fabricsconstuction  — Determination of linear density of yarn rem oved from 
fabric.  
 
KS ISO 2061 ,Textiles — Determination of twist in yarns — Direct counting method  
 
KS ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determination of single -end breaking force and elongation 
at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) tester  
  
2  © KEBS 2020  — All rights reserved  KS ISO 2076, Textiles — Man-made fibres — Generic names  
 
KS ISO 3758, Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols  
 
KS ISO 6938, Textiles — Natural fibres — Generic names and definitions  
 
KS ISO 8388, Knitted fabrics — Types — Vocabulary  
 
KS ISO 11827 ,Textiles — Composition testing — Identification of fibres  
 
KS ISO 14362 -1, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo colorants 
— Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants accessible with and without extracting the fibres  
 
KS ISO 14362 -3, Textiles -— Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo colorants 
— Part 3: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants, which may release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
 
KS ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyes tuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured textiles for dyestuff 
identification  
 
KS ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the determination of extractable dyestuffs 
including allergenic and carcinogenic dyestuffs (metho d using pyridine -water)  
 
KS ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain carcinogenic dyestuffs 
(method using triethylamine/methanol)  
 
KS ISO 16549, Textiles — Unevenness of textile strands — Capacitance method  
 
KS 411,  Size designation for women and girls  
 
KS 415 ,Glossary of terms relating to hosiery  
 
KS 529 ,Specification for elastic flat braids  
 
KS 1113 -1, Specification for staple spun yarns — Part 1: Cotton yarns  
 
KS 1113 -2, Specification for staple spun yarns — Part 2 : 100% wool (worsted) yarns  
 
KS 1113 -3, Specification for staple spun yarns — Part 3: Polyester/cellulosic blended yarns  
 
KS 1113 -4, Specification for staple spun yarns — Part 4: Polyester/wool blended yarns  
 
KS 1114 -1, Specification for textured filament yarns — Part 1: Polyester yarns  
 
KS 1114 -2,Specification for textured filament yarns — Part 2: Polyamide yarns  
 
KS 1829, Labelling of products — General requirements  
 
KS 207 -2, Glossary of textile terms pertaining to defects in fabrics Part 2:  Knitted fab rics 
 
3 Terms and definitions  
For the purposes of this stan dard, the definitions given in KS 415 the following definitions shall apply:  
 
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 Close fitting covering the  leg from foot  up to the knee or to the upper thigh.they  came in matched pairs  
 
3.2 Pant y hose  
Close fitting legwear covering the wear’s body from the waist to the toes.  
 
3.3 
batch of stockings  
more than one pair of stockings of the same type and size packed together  
4 Requirements  
 
4.1 Fibre composition and  proportion  
 
4.1.1  The s tocking and panty hose shall be manufactured from yarns made from textile s fibres described in 
KS ISO 6938 and KS ISO 2076.  
 
4.1.2  The fibre composition and proportion  shall be tested and calculated  in accordance with KS ISO 11827 
and KS ISO 1833 : Parts 1 to 28. Where  the yarn used is a blend of two or more fibers, the fib re composition 
shall be as declared with a maximum tolerance of ± 5% . 
 
 
4.2 Yarns  
 
The yarns used to the knit the stockings  and panty hose  shall comply with the requirements of KS 1113 and 
KS 1114 including the following:  
 
 
4.2.1 Breaking tenacity  
 
The breaking tenacity of the yarns used to knit the s tocking and panty hose , calculated as a ratio of the 
breaking strength to li near density in accordance with KS ISO 2062 shall be as given in Table 1 . 
 
4.2.1.1 Linear density  
 
The linear density to be used to calculate the breaking tenacity of t he yarn shall be determined from a yarn  
from the stocking and panty hose in accordance with KS ISO 7211 -5. 
 
4.2.3 Elongation at break  
 
The elongation of the yarns tested at break shall be as given in Table 1 . 
 
4.2.4 Yarn unevenness  
 
The yarn unevenness tested in accordance with KS ISO 1 6549 shall comply with the  requirements of  
Table 2 . 
 
 
 
 
 
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Table 1 — Yarn requirements for ladies’ stockings  and panty hose  
 
SL No Fibre  Requirements  
 
Tenacity in g/tex 
(min. ) 
 Elongat ion at break in 
percent (min. ) 
i) Nylon  35.0 30.0 
ii) Polyester  32.0 27.0 
iii) Wool  28.0 20.0 
iv) Acrylic  25.0 17.0 
v) Cotton  30.0 5.0 
vii) Blends  See N otes. 
Test methods  KS 630 -2 KS 268  
NOTE 1  The minimum tenacity (g/tex) and elongation at break per cent of each yarn used 
to make yarn to yarn blended stocking  and panty hose  shall be shown against each yarn type in 
this table.  
 
NOTE  2 The ratings of minimum tenacity (g/tex) and elongation at break per cent of the 
fibre blended yarn used in the blended stocking  and panty hose , shall not be less than those of 
the fibre component in the blend whose yarn has a lower rating in accordance with this table.  For 
example, in a nylon/wool or polyester/wool blend; the minimum tenacity and elongation at break 
of the yarn shall not be less than that of the woollen yarn as shown in this table.  
 
 
 
Table 2 — Yarn unevenness  
 
SL No Yarn t ype Linear density, in t ex 
 CV%, max . U%, max . 
i) Nylon [6;6,6]  10-70 3.5-0 2.8-0 
ii) Polyester  10-70 3-0 2.4-0 
iii) Acrylic  10-70 18-8 14.4-6.4 
iv) Wool  10-70 23.5 18.8 
v) Cotton  15-70 19-9 15.2-7.2 
vi) Polyester/Wool  10-70 23.5-14 18.8-11.2 
vii) Polyester/Cotton  10-70 15-12 12-9.6 
viii) Other Blends  10-70 23.5-12 18.8-9.6 
ix) Elastic Yarns  10-70 15-16 12-12.8 
 
5 Manufacture of stockings  and panty hose  
 
5.1 The two stockings comprising a pair shall be manufactured from yarn of the same fibre composition, 
tenacity and count.  
 
5.2 The stocking  and panty hose  shall be securely joined at the toe.  The joining shall be elastic, smooth 
and free from knots.  
  
6  © KEBS 2020  — All rights reserved  5.2.1  The joining at the toe shall not give way w hen the stocking and panty hose is stretched to the full 
extent of its stretchability.  
 
5.2.2 The colour of threads used for stitching and joining the stocking  and panty hose  shall be as similar as 
possible to that of the stocking body.  
 
5.2.3  The size identification thread shall be not more than 2 cm in length.  
 
6 Defects  
 
6.1 The stocking shall be free from manufacturing defects such as mends, ladders, dropped stitches, 
improper splicing and both dyeing and finishing defects  as defined in KS 207, Part 2. 
 
6.2 Dyed and/or printed stockings shall conform to colour fastness requirements given in Table 3 . 
 
7 Restricted colourants  
 
Ladies stockings and panty hose which  have  been dyed with a colorant shall not contain any of the listed 
colourants in KS ISO 14632 , Parts 1 and 3 and KS ISO 16373 , Parts2 and 3. 
 
Dye classes shall be identified in accordance with KS ISO 16373 -1. 
 
8 Sizes  
 
8.1 The size of each pair of stocking  and panty hose  shall be as declared ( see9.c). 
 
 
Table 3 — Colour fastness requirements  
 
SL No Agency  Numerical rating  
(min.)  Test method  
i) Washing  Colour Change  4  
KS ISO 105 C10 
(Test number A1)  Staining  4 
ii) Perspiration  Acid 3  
KS ISO 105 E04  Alkali  3 
iii) Rubbing  Dry 4  
ISO 105 X12  Wet 4 
iv) Light  5 KS ISO 105 B02  
v) Peroxide washing (s odium 
perborate)  Colour c hange  4 KS ISO 105 N02  
Staining  4 
 
9 Marking  
 
Each pair of stockings  and panty hose shall be marked with the following information:  
 
a) name or trade mark of manufacturer ; 
 
b) fibre composition and proportion of the stocking ; 
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 c) Size designation as per KS  ISO 8559 -2 and KS ISO 5971 for panty hose  
 
d) care instructions in accordance with KS ISO 3758 ; 
 
e)  country of manufacture.  
 
10 Packaging  
 
Packaging of ladies’  stockings  and panty hose  shall be done in accordance with KS 2659 including the 
following:  
 
a) Each pair of stockings shall be packaged in a suitable packaging material to protect  it from 
contamination and damage ; and  
 
b) Each package containing a batch of stockings  and panty hose  or several batches shall have the 
following information which shall be indicated on the package, the sewing ticket and/or accompanying 
documents:  
 
1) name or trade mark of manufacture;  
 
2) number of panty hose and  number of pairs in each batch  in case of stocking ; and  
 
3) total number of batches in the package.