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2. Patons and Baldwins - Wikipedia

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   They mainly produced yarns for commercial knitting machines. The Paton family were regarded as generous benefactors in the town of Alloa, where they provided funding for a significant range of public building projects, including Alloa Town Hall , public libraries, a school, a swimming pool, and a gymnasium.

3. Lion Brand Yarns - Wikipedia

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   The company sells a variety of yarns, from 100% natural fibers including cotton, cashmere, alpaca and wool to blends and 100% acrylics in a variety of weights. Some of their most popular yarns are Homespun, Fun Fur, Vanna's Choice, and Wool-Ease. [15] The company came out with organic cotton yarn in 2007. [16]

4. Worsted - Wikipedia

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   Worsted (/ ˈ w ɜːr s t ɪ d / or / ˈ w ʊ s t ɪ d /) is a high-quality type of wool yarn, the fabric made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from Worstead (from Old English Wurðestede, "enclosure place"), a village in the English county of Norfolk.

5. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   Patterns and motifs are coarser with thicker yarns; thicker yarns produce bold visual effects, whereas thinner yarns are best for refined patterns. Yarns are grouped by thickness into the following categories: lace, superfine (fingering or sock), fine (sport), light (double knit or DK), medium (worsted and aran), bulky, superbulky, and jumbo ...

6. Yarn - Wikipedia

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   Novelty yarns or complex yarns are yarns with special (fancy) effects introduced during spinning or plying. One example is slub yarns, yarn with thick or thin sections alternating regularly or irregularly. In a similar manner, creating deliberate unevenness, additions or injections of neps or metallic or synthetic fibers (along with natural ...

7. Hudson's Bay point blanket - Wikipedia

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   A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America, now Canada and the United States, from 1779 to present. [1] The blankets were typically traded to First Nations in exchange for beaver pelts as an important part of the North American fur trade .

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9. Viyella - Wikipedia

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   Viyella logo. 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.