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2. Selvage - Wikipedia

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   A selvage (US English) or selvedge (British English) is a "self-finished" edge of a piece of fabric which keeps it from unraveling and fraying. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term "self-finished" means that the edge does not require additional finishing work, such as hem or bias tape , to prevent fraying.

3. Denim - Wikipedia

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   Shuttle-loom-woven denim is usually recognizable by its selvedge (or selvage), the edge of a fabric created as a continuous cross-yarn (the weft) reverses direction at the edge side of the shuttle loom. The selvedge is traditionally accentuated with warp threads of one or more contrasting colors, which can serve as an identifying mark.

4. Yūki-tsumugi - Wikipedia

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   Yūki-tsumugi (結城紬) is a variety of silk cloth produced in Japan, chiefly in Yūki in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is designated as one of the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan , and has also been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity .

5. Selvage (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Selvage, a "self-finished" edge of a piece of fabric; Selvage ... the stitch(es) that end each row of knitting; Selvage denim, shuttle-loom-woven denim; People

6. Tsumugi (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   An unlined (hitoe) kimono made from tsumugi, showing soft drape.Tsumugi (紬) is a traditional slub-woven silk fabric from Japan.It is a tabby weave material woven from yarn produced using silk noil, short-staple silk fibre (as opposed to material produced using longer, filament yarn silk fibres).

7. Talk:Denim - Wikipedia

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   The dry and selvedge denim sections in the article seem to be about the use of denim in jeans, not necessarily the fabric itself. I know that aficionados prefer to refer to their jeans as denim, kind of like the distinction between "movies" and "film", but I don't think that division is encyclopedic.