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2. Pleated linen - Wikipedia

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   Handkerchief linen is a light form of linen, and this pleating process used 9 yards of the material to create 1 yard of pleated linen. [7] The pleating of the fabric meant that unlike other linen garments, ones made with pleated linen were uncrushable, could be packed without becoming creased and maintained their shape. [8] [9] First Lady ...

3. Linen - Wikipedia

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   A linen handkerchief with drawn thread work around the edges Linen cloth recovered from Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea Flax stem, fiber, yarn and woven and knitted linen textiles. Linen (/ ˈ l ɪ n ə n /) is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these ...

4. Jo-Ann Stores - Wikipedia

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   A typical Jo-Ann store in Henderson, Nevada Jo-Ann store on US 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts. Fabri-Centers acquired House of Fabrics, which also previously operated as Fabricland, Fabric King, and So-Fro Fabrics, in 1998. [6] In September 1998, the company changed its name to Jo-Ann Stores Inc., [7] and all of its stores were renamed Jo-Ann Fabrics.

5. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, ... (fabric) Crêpe (textile) Crêpe de Chine; Cretonne; ... Pleated linen;

6. Holland cloth - Wikipedia

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   a plainwoven or dull-finish linen used as furniture covering a cotton or linen fabric made more or less opaque by a glazed or unglazed finish (the Holland finish) First documented in English in 1427, [ 2 ] the name originally applied to any fine, plainwoven linens imported from Europe, and particularly from the Netherlands .

7. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...