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In the 1970s and 1980s, synthetic yarns and wool/synthetic blends became popular, but rug-making was entering a decline due to the availability of cheap imported rugs and to decreasing leisure time. In Britain, the best-known latch-hook company was Readicut (their rug kits were marketed through Shillcraft in North America).
Braided rugs are made by using three or more strips of fabric, usually wool, folding the raw edges to the middle and braiding them together.For an oval rug the centre braid should be one inch longer than the width-length in feet. example 2' x 4' rug centre strip would be 2'2" long.
One of Britains "best and most successful weavers", [2] Selby is known for her vibrant colours and three-dimensional, textured designs, and produces cushions, rugs and other home accessories with strong graphics and patterns. [3]
Parts of a Merino fleece Throwing a freshly shorn fleece onto a wool table for skirting and classing. Wool classing in Australia, c. 1900. Wool classing is the production of uniform, predictable, low-risk lines of wool, carried out by examining the characteristics of the wool in its raw state [1] and classing (grading) it accordingly.
Recycled wool, also known as rag wool or shoddy is any woollen textile or yarn made by shredding existing fabric and re-spinning the resulting fibres. Textile recycling is an important mechanism for reducing the need for raw wool in manufacturing.
Excelsior, or wood wool. Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards.
An illustration of James Noble's wool combing machine, called the Noble Comb, from Popular Science in1891. The wool combing machine was invented by Edmund Cartwright, the inventor of the power loom, in Doncaster. The machine was used to arrange and lay parallel by length the fibers of wool, prior to further treatment. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The S numbers originated in England, [4] where the worsted spinning process was invented and arose from the worsted yarn count system for stating the fineness of yarn. The worsted count (also known as the Bradford count) was the number of 560-yard (510 m) lengths (hanks) of worsted yarn that 1 pound (0.45 kg) of wool yields. [5]