thick-and-thin yarn

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• Yarn clearer — A yarn clearer is a device to remove faults (thick places, thin places, foreign matter) from the yarn. Yarn clearing improves the quality of the spun yarn and hence of the cloth made of it. Clear, uniform yarn is especially important for smooth… …   Wikipedia

• thick — adj. 1 of solid things/growing things VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• slub yarn — noun : a yarn with thick and thin sections alternating regularly or irregularly compare slub …   Useful english dictionary

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

• Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia

• Twist per inch — TPI (twists per inch or turns per inch) is a term used in the textile industry. It measures how much twist a yarn has, [Kadolph, Sara J., ed.: Textiles , 10th edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 0 13 118769 4, p. 197] and can be calculated …   Wikipedia

• Plying — In the textile arts, plying is a process used to create a strong, balanced yarn. It is done by taking two or more strands of yarn that each have a twist to them and putting them together. The strands are twisted together, in the opposite… …   Wikipedia

• Novelty yarns — From bottom up: Ribbon yarn, ladder yarn, braided yarn, and regular yarn Novelty yarns include a wide variety of yarns made with unusual features, structure or fiber composition such as slubs, inclusions, metallic or synthetic fibers, laddering… …   Wikipedia

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• Flammé — yarns are a kind of novelty yarn. It is generally a loose or untwisted core wrapped by at least one other strand. The extra element can be a metallic thread, or a much thicker or much narrower strand of yarn, or yarn that varies between thick and …   Wikipedia

• Linen — is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum . Linen is labor intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather. It is superior to… …   Wikipedia