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  2. Roving - Wikipedia

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    Grey and white wool roving. A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber. Rovings are produced during the process of making spun yarn from wool fleece, raw cotton, or other fibres. Their main use is as fibre prepared for spinning, but they may also be used for specialised kinds of knitting or other textile arts.

  3. List of yarns for crochet and knitting - Wikipedia

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    Washes well, inexpensive. Good choice for beginners and for items designed for babies or pets. Nylon: Strong, elastic, washes well. Not ideal for garments unless blended with other fibers. Rayon: Made from processed cellulose (e.g. wood pulp, bamboo, seaweed) extruded into threads. Inexpensive and highly absorbent, natural sheen.

  4. Lopi (knitting) - Wikipedia

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    These are processed together to create lopi roving and yarn. Lopi Yarn. The machine-carded roving is produced in disc-shaped rolls. This is the original unspun lopi first used for knitting c.1920s. More recently, lightly spun lopi yarn in different thicknesses has become available.

  5. Short draw - Wikipedia

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    Short draw is the spinning technique used to create worsted yarns. It is spun from combed roving, sliver or wool top – anything with the fibers all lined up parallel to the yarn. It is generally spun from long stapled fibers. Short draw spun yarns are smooth, strong, sturdy yarns, and dense. [1] Short

  6. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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    Yarn for hand-knitting is usually sold as balls or skeins (hanks), although it may also be wound on spools or cones. Skeins and balls are generally sold with a yarn-band, a label that describes the yarn's weight, length, dye lot, fiber content, washing instructions, suggested needle size, likely gauge, etc. It is common practice to save the ...

  7. Sliver (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    A sliver (/ ˈ s l aɪ v ər /) is a long bundle of fibre that is generally used to spin yarn. A sliver is created by carding or combing the fibre, which is then drawn into long strips where the fibre is parallel. [1] When sliver is drawn further and given a slight twist, it becomes roving. [2] [3]

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