What does it mean when two materials like cotton and lycra are blended?

Question

Are they smushed together to make a single material or do my 95% cotton 5% lycra undies have 5 strands of lycra for every 95 strands of cotton?

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Answer 1

It‘s the latter. It‘s a bit oversimplified, but yes. The yarn itself consists of strains of cotton and Lycra and this mix is then woven into your fabric.