on the order of about 1 to 8 ounces per square yard with the range of 2 to 5 ounces per square yard being most preferred provided the best combination of softness drapeability absorbency and durability using a forming apparatus as illustrated in fig1 a nonwoven fabric was made in accordance with the present invention by providing a fibrous batt comprising 100 weight percent cotton fiber the fibrous batt had a basis weight of 3 3 ounces per square yard plus or minus 7 the fibrous web was 100 carded and cross lapped with a draft ratio of 2 5 to 1 the fabric comprised 100 weight percent cotton as available from barnhardt manufacturing company under code number rmc 2811 the fibrous batt was entangled by a series of entangling manifold stations such as diagrammatically illustrated in fig1 and in greater detail in fig2 fig2 illustrates disposition of fibrous batt p on a foraminous forming surface in the form of belt 02 with the batt acted upon by a pre entangling manifold 01 operating at 40 bar to form a wetted and lightly entangled fibrous web p u2032 pre entangling of the fibrous web is subsequently effected by movement of the web p u2032 sequentially over a drum 10 having a foraminous forming surface with entangling manifold 12 operating at 40 bar effecting entanglement of the web the web then passes through a series of entangling stations comprising drums having foraminous.