Natural Fibres Glossary
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Description: Short glossary of technical terms and definitions in use with the natural fiber spinning industry. From the Wild Fibers web site.
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Wild Fibres - Natural Fibres Glossary Natural fibres for spinning & dyeing Bradford or English Spinning Count System is the number of hanks of yarn, each of 560 yards in length that can be spun from one pound of clean wool. The finer the fibre is, the more hanks that can be obtained from one pound of wool. The higher the number, the finer the wool, and therefore 64 is finer than 48.
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| Description: | From nettles to cashmere - traditional natural fibres from animals and plants for weaving, spinning and dyeing, and period re-enactors; includes sheep wool, cashmere, angora and alpaca fibre, silk and cotton, nettle, flax and hemp, amongst others, in historical context. |
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