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                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.1(ii)

 
              CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
               OF JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A
                                      OF
                              POLYMER GROUP, INC.

                Pursuant to Section 151 of the Corporation Law
                           of the State of Delaware


     I, James G. Boyd, Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary of
Polymer Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 151 thereof, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

     That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, the Board
of Directors on April 15, 1996, adopted the following resolution creating a
series of 100,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, Series A:

     RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board by ARTICLE IV
of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and in accordance with
ARTICLE IV of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation previously
adopted and approved by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the
Corporation to be effective upon consummation of the Initial Public Offering,
upon consummation of the Recapitalization, the Stock Split and the Initial
Public Offering, a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall be, and
upon such date hereby is, created and approved for issuance in accordance with
the Rights Agreement, and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting
powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof are as follows:

     Section 1.  Designation and Amount.  The shares of such series shall be
designated as "Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series A" (the "Series A
Preferred Stock") and the number of shares constituting such series shall be
100,000.

     Section 2.  Dividends and Distributions.

          (A)  Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any
     shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the
     shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders
     of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of
     Common Stock and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive,
     when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally
     available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the
     fifteenth day of March, June, September and December in each year (each
     such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"),
     commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first
     issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in
     an amount per share (rounded to
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     the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $25.00 or (b) the Adjustment
     Number (as defined below) times the aggregate per share amount of all cash
     dividends, and the Adjustment Number times the aggregate per share amount
     (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other
     than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the
     outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise),
     declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly
     Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend
     Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share
     of Series A Preferred Stock. The "Adjustment Number" shall initially be
     1000. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after June 3, 1996 (i)
     declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common
     Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of
     shares or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number
     of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect
     immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such
     Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
     shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
     denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
     outstanding immediately prior to such event.

          (B)  The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
     Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
     immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common
     Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided
     that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on
     the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment
     Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of
     $25.00 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be
     payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

          (C)  Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
     shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date
     next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Preferred
     Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date
     for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on
     such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or
     unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date
     after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series
     A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such
     Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends
     shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend
     Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest.
     Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less
     than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on
     such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all
     such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a
     record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A
     Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution
     declared

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     thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date
     fixed for the payment thereof.

     Section 3.  Voting Rights.  The holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall have the following voting rights:

          (A)  Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder
     thereof to a number of votes equal to the Adjustment Number (as adjusted
     from time to time pursuant to Section 2(A) hereof) on all matters submitted
     to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

          (B)  Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of
     Incorporation or by-laws, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
     and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class
     on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

          (C)  (i)  If at any time dividends on any Series A Preferred Stock
     shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six quarterly dividends thereon,
     the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period
     (herein called a "default period") that shall extend until such time when
     all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend
     periods and for the current quarterly period on all shares of Series A
     Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set
     apart for payment. During each default period, (1) the number of Directors
     shall be increased by two, effective as of the time of election of such
     Directors as herein provided, and (2) the holders of Series A Preferred
     Stock and the holders of other Preferred Stock upon which these or like
     voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (the "Voting
     Preferred Stock") with dividends in arrears equal to six quarterly
     dividends thereon, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have
     the right to elect such two Directors.

               (ii)  During any default period, such voting right of the holders
     of Series A Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting
     called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(C) or at any annual
     meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of stockholders,
     provided that such voting right shall not be exercised unless the holders
     of at least one-third in number of the shares of Voting Preferred Stock
     outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum
     of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders
     of Voting Preferred Stock of such voting right.

               (iii)  Unless the holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall, during
     an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect
     Directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder or
     stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the total number
     of shares of Voting Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series,
     may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of Voting
     Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the Chairman

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     of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice President
     or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any
     annual meeting at which holders of Voting Preferred Stock are entitled to
     vote pursuant to this paragraph (C)(iii) shall be given to each holder of
     record of Voting Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at
     his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such
     meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 10 days and not later
     than 60 days after such order or request or, in default of the calling of
     such meeting within 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may
     be called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders owning in
     the aggregate not less than 10% of the total number of shares of Voting
     Preferred Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
     paragraph (C)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during the
     period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next
     annual meeting of the stockholders.

               (iv) In any default period, after the holders of Voting Preferred
     Stock shall have exercised their right to elect Directors voting as a
     class, (x) the Directors so elected by the holders of Voting Preferred
     Stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been
     elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and
     (y) any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by vote of a
     majority of the remaining Directors theretofore elected by the holders of
     the class or classes of stock which elected the Director whose office shall
     have become vacant. References in this paragraph (C) to Directors elected
     by the holders of a particular class or classes of stock shall include
     Directors elected by such Directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause
     (y) of the foregoing sentence.

               (v) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the
     right of the holders of Voting Preferred Stock as a class to elect
     Directors shall cease, (y) the term of any Directors elected by the holders
     of Voting Preferred Stock as a class shall terminate and (z) the number of
     Directors shall be such number as may be provided for in the Amended and
     Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-Laws
     irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
     (C) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to change
     thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the Amended and Restated
     Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-Laws). Any
     vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses
     (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the
     remaining Directors.

               (D) Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A Preferred
     Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be
     required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of
     Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

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     Section 4.  Certain Restrictions.

          (A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
     payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in
     arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
     distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred
     Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

               (i) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions
     on, any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
     liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

               (ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions
     on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
     liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock,
     except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such
     parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to
     the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then
     entitled;

               (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
     shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
     liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock,
     provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise
     acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock
     of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
     dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or

               (iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares
     of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity
     with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase
     offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of
     Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of
     Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and
     other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes,
     shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment
     among the respective series or classes.

          (B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation
     to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of
     the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this
     Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in
     such manner.

     Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and cancelled

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promptly after the acquisition thereof.  All such shares shall upon their
cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and may be
reissued as part of a new series of preferred stock to be created by resolution
or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and
restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

     Section 6.  Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.  Upon any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (A)
to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless,
prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have
received the greater of (i) $100 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and
unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date
of such payment, and (ii) an aggregate amount per share, equal to the Adjustment
Number (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2(A) hereof) times the
aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock, or (B)
to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock,
except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all other
such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all
such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

     Section 7.  Consolidation, Merger, etc.  In case the Corporation shall
enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which
the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall at the same time be similarly
exchanged or changed in an amount per share equal to the Adjustment Number (as
adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2(A) hereof) times the aggregate
amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind),
as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is
changed or exchanged.

     Section 8.  No Redemption.  The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall
not be redeemable.

     Section 9.  Amendment.  The Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would
materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative
vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed and subscribed this Certificate and do
affirm the foregoing as true under the penalties of perjury this 15th day of
May, 1996.



                                          /s/  James G. Boyd
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                                        James G. Boyd
                                        Executive Vice President and Secretary

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