"' Flannel "'is a soft carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber.
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The fibres in top and rovings all lie parallel to one another along the length, which makes top ideal for spinning worsted yarns.
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Cheviot fabric may be produced either from woollen or worsted yarns according to the character, texture, and feel desired in the finished fabric.
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Drum carded fiber, however, does have the fibers all parallel to each other, and thus can be used to create a strictly worsted yarn.
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Patterns were printed on canvas and together with worsted yarn; it was sent out to about 300 permanent embroidery shops in Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
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Preparing is the process used in place of carding for long wools and hairs which would break on the card and therefore greatly reduce the quality of the worsted yarn produced.
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In the seventeenth century, the term "'mockado ends "'was used for a wool yarn, probably a worsted yarn similar to crewel yarn of that period, likely used for embroidery and making braids and fringes.
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The word is derived from the Latin " carduus " meaning thistle or batting, felt, woollen or worsted yarn, etc . Carding can also be used to create blends of different fibres or different colours.
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At the time the company employed just 65 people, but Wainstein increased the production capacity of worsted yarn and woolen fabric by 45 %, and the number of spindles was increased from 3, 400 up to nearly 30, 000.
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This necessitated the need for more power to drive new combing machines . ( Worsted yarn is made from sheep with long hair fleeces and the wool has to be combed to ensure that all the fibres are parallel .)
