pique knit fabric prepared in accordance with example 1 and the nike dry f i t t shirt fabric utilized in example 3 here two 1 u2033 strips of each fabric one cut in the wale direction and one cut in the course direction were placed in water in an atmosphere of 65 relative humidity at 70 u00b0 f the results of the comparison showing the height of the wicking action in the wale direction and along the course direction of each fabric over five minutes are as set forth in table ii the results of the comparative distilled water drop test and wicking test demonstrate that a weft knit fabric prepared utilizing the conventional polyester yarn and microfiber polyester yarns knit in a special irregular knit pique construction as shown in fig1 lead to improve wicking and siphoning of moisture the comparative examples 2 4 demonstrate the superiority in both the distilled water drop absorbency and the 1 u2033 strip moisture wicking in both wale and course direction both tests were conducted at 65 and 70 u00b0 f it will thus be seen that the objects set forth above among those made apparent from the preceding description are efficiently attained and since certain changes may be made in carrying out the above method and in the construction s set forth without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention it is intended that all matter contained in the above description and shown in the.