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2. Angora wool - Wikipedia

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   Yarns of 100% angora are typically used as accents. They have the most halo and warmth, but can felt very easily through abrasion and humidity and can be excessively warm in a finished garment. The fibre is normally blended with wool to give the yarn elasticity, as Angora fibre is not naturally elastic. The blend decreases the softness and halo ...

3. Mohair - Wikipedia

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   An Angora goat. Mohair (pronounced / ˈmoʊhɛər /) originated from the Arabic word [مهير] and it is a fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat (not Angora wool from the fur of the Angora rabbit). Both durable and resilient, mohair is lustrous with high sheen, [ 1 ] and is often blended to add these qualities to a textile.

4. Wool - Wikipedia

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   Such yarns are typically used as weft yarns with a cotton warp. This process was invented in the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire and created a microeconomy in this area for many years. [38] Worsted is a strong, long-staple, combed wool yarn with a hard surface. [37] Woolen is a soft, short-staple, carded wool yarn typically used for ...

5. Yarn - Wikipedia

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   Yarn. Balls of yarn. A visual of twisted yarn. Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. [1] Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

6. Viyella - Wikipedia

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   Viyella. Viyella is a blend of wool and cotton first woven in 1893 in England, and the "first branded fabric in the world". [ 1 ] It was made of 55% merino wool and 45% cotton in a twill weave, developed by James and Robert Sissons of William Hollins & Co, spinners and hosiers. The brand name, first registered as a trademark in 1894, [ 2 ] and ...

7. Natural dye - Wikipedia

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   A dye-works with baskets of dyestuffs, skeins of dyed yarn, and heated vats for dyeing, in Odisha, India. Natural alum (aluminum sulfate) has been the most common metallic salt mordant for millennia (see Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis , mordant and dye recipes start at recipe #84), but tin ( stannous chloride ), copper ( cupric sulfate ), iron ...