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2. Pom-pom - Wikipedia

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   Pom-poms are mainly used to cheer for sports. Three cheerleaders dancing with pom-poms in Tokyo, Japan. A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material. The term may refer to large tufts used by cheerleaders, or a small, tighter ball attached to the top of a hat, also known as a bobble ...

3. Crochet - Wikipedia

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   Examples of such tools include cardboard cutouts, which can be used to make tassels, fringe, and many other items; a pom-pom circle, used to make pom-poms; a tape measure and a gauge measure, both used for measuring crocheted work and counting stitches; a row counter; and occasionally plastic rings, which are used for special projects. In ...

4. Paper yarn - Wikipedia

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   Paper yarn is the yarn made from paper strips chiefly with wood pulp cut into strips and then twisted to form a yarn. Germany invented Paper yarn in the late 19th century, although paper has been used in textiles in Japan for centuries. They used various products made of paper yarn during and after wartime. [1] [2] [3]

5. Yarn - Wikipedia

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   The actual length of the yarn contained in a ball or skein can vary due to the inherent heaviness of the fibre and the thickness of the strand; for instance, a 50 g skein of lace weight mohair may contain several hundred metres, while a 50 g skein of bulky wool may contain only 60 metres. Craft yarn comes in several thicknesses or weights.

6. Lawrence Herkimer - Wikipedia

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   As part of an effort to provide a visually appealing device for cheerleaders, given the advent of color television, his pom-pon with a hidden handle was granted patent 3,560,313 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1971. Herkimer chose the name "Pom pon" after hearing that the word "pompom" had vulgar meanings in other languages.

7. Weaving - Wikipedia

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   Weaving became an urban craft and to regulate their trade, craftsmen applied to establish a guild. These initially were merchant guilds , but developed into separate trade guilds for each skill. The cloth merchant who was a member of a city's weavers guild was allowed to sell cloth; he acted as a middleman between the tradesmen weavers and the ...