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2. Terrycloth - Wikipedia

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   Terrycloth, terry cloth, terry cotton, terry towelling, terry, terry towel, Turkish towelling (formerly), or simply towelling is a fabric woven with many protruding loops of thread which can absorb large amounts of water. It can be manufactured by weaving or knitting.

3. Towel - Wikipedia

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   Colored bath towels. A towel (/ ˈ t aʊ (ə) l /) is a piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying or wiping a surface. Towels draw moisture through direct contact.. Bathing towels and hand towels are usually made of cotton, linen, bamboo and synthetic microfibers.

4. Christy (towel manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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   While travelling in Istanbul, he saw an example of the looped pile fabric that is known today as terry towelling, but which was initially known as the 'Turkish towel'. [2] The company found a method of weaving the looped pile fabric on an industrial scale using a machine designed by one of their employees Samuel Holt, [3] who patented the ...

5. Microfiber - Wikipedia

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   Microfiber (microfibre in British English) is synthetic fibre finer than one denier or decitex/thread, having a diameter of less than ten micrometers. The most common types of microfiber are made variously of polyesters ; polyamides (e.g., nylon , Kevlar , Nomex ); and combinations of polyester, polyamide, and polypropylene .

6. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   l/m = 1693 × l m /Nec × m/kg, where l/m is the yarn length in metres, l m /Nec is the English cotton count and m/kg is the yarn weight in kilograms. The following length units are defined. Bundle: usually 10 lb (4.5 kg) Thread: a length of 54 in (1.4 m)—the circumference of a warp beam; Lea: 120 yd (110 m) Hank: a length of 7 leas or 840 yd ...

7. Utrecht Art Supplies - Wikipedia

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   Utrecht Art Supplies is an art materials manufacturing and chain store company, based in Brooklyn. [1] Utrecht, founded in 1949 in New York City by artist Norman Gulamerian and his brother Harold Gulamerian, sells a large range of art material brands including its own line of products.

8. Materials for the Arts - Wikipedia

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   Materials for the Arts is a program of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs that provides free "new and gently used donated supplies to artists, nonprofit groups, and public schools." [ 1 ] Its current executive director is Harriet Taub .

9. Waffle fabric - Wikipedia

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   An example of waffle fabric. Waffle fabric, also known as honeycomb fabric, has raised threads that form small rectangles.It can be made by either weaving or knitting.Waffle weave is a further exploitation of plain weave and twill weave which produces a three-dimensional effect.