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2. Fulling - Wikipedia

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   Scotswomen walking or fulling woollen cloth, singing a waulking song, 1772 (engraving made by Thomas Pennant on one of his tours).. Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make ...

3. Boiled wool - Wikipedia

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   The result is a tighter and denser material that is up to 50% smaller in all directions than the pre-felted fabric. [3] Boiled wool is warm, durable, and resistant to water and wind. [1] The general process of felting can be used to process non-woven fibers into pieces of felt used in industry, medical applications, and for crafts and costumes ...

4. Combing - Wikipedia

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   When combing wool, the discarded short fibres are called noils, and are ground up into shoddy. [1] In general, there are two main systems of preparing fibre for yarn: the worsted system and the woollen system. The worsted system is defined by the removal of short fibres by combing and top preparation by gilling.

5. Spinning (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.The fiber intended is drawn out, twisted, and wound onto a bobbin.A few popular fibers that are spun into yarn other than cotton, which is the most popular, are viscose (the most common form of rayon), animal fibers such as wool, and synthetic polyester. [1]

6. US Supreme Court could allow broader curbs on transgender rights

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   During arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in this week's major transgender rights case, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor told the lawyer defending Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care ...

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   “I loved it,” Joshua said of growing up in Atlanta. “My mom always kept us in church.” Joshua describes his mom as his best friend. “I tell her everything, whether I’m having a ...