A method of making a cellulosic web includes: forming a nascent web from a
papermaking furnish, the nascent web having a generally random
distribution of papermaking fiber; b) transferring the web having a
generally random distribution of papermaking fiber to a translating
transfer surface moving at a first speed; drying the web to a consistency
of from about 30 to about 60 percent including compactively dewatering
the web prior to or concurrently with transfer to the transfer surface;
fabric-creping the web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from
about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a creping fabric with a patterned
creping surface, the fabric creping step occurring under pressure in a
fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping
fabric wherein the fabric is traveling at a second speed slower than the
speed of said transfer surface, the fabric pattern, nip parameters,
velocity delta and web consistency being selected such that the web is
creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping fabric
such that the web has a plurality of fiber-enriched regions arranged in a
pattern corresponding to the patterned creping surface of the fabric,
optionally drying the wet web while it is held in the creping fabric.
Preferably, the formed web is characterized in that its void volume
increases upon drawing.