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• Soap
  ...ion that a soap-like substance was used in the preparation of [[wool]] for weaving.
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• Atropa belladonna
  ...fates or destinies]] who would determine the course of a man's life by the weaving of threads that symbolized their birth, the events in their life and finall
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• Wattle and daub
  The wattle is made by weaving thin branches (either whole, or more usually split) or slats between uprigh ...e timbers; anywhere from seven to sixteen inches. For this style of panel weaving becomes too difficult so the wattles run horizontally and are known as ledg
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• Polyethylene
  .... These include can and [[bottle]] handling machine parts, moving parts on weaving machines, bearings, gears, artificial joints, edge protection on ice rinks
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• Tenterground
  ...were [[Huguenot]] [[refugees]] fleeing [[religious persecution]]. Their [[weaving]] industry led to the area becoming a centre of the garment industry (the [
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• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  ...or [[weaving]], which turns yarn into [[cloth]]. The [[machine]] used for weaving is the [[loom]]. For decoration, the process of colouring yarn or the fini ...ly referred to simply as "'''the bias'''", is at 45 degrees to its [[Warp (weaving)|warp]] and [[weft]] threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases,
  45 KB (7,016 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• African textiles
  ...a along with the [[slave trade]]. As many [[slaves]] were skilled in the [[weaving]], this skill was used as another form of income for the slave owner. ...Yoruba]] compounds were used where master weavers would teach all the boys weaving and all the girls would learn to spin and dye the [[yarn]].
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• Webbing
  ...in [[auto racing]] harnesses]]'''Webbing''' is a strong [[cloth|fabric]] [[weaving|woven]] as a flat strip or tube of varying width and [[fiber]]s often used
  6 KB (923 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Desizing
  ...ing''' is the process of removing the '''size''' material from the [[warp (weaving)|warp]] [[yarn]]s in woven fabrics.
  3 KB (430 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Heatsetting
  ...eliminate this tendency to undesirable torquing. At the winding, twisting, weaving, '''[[tufting]]''' and knitting processes, an increased tendency to torquin
  16 KB (2,532 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Textile processing
  ...e [[Pill (textile)|pills]] and protruding fibers of the fabric coming from weaving. This operation may either be done as the beginning of process or as an end
  5 KB (761 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Tulle bi telli
  ...e people believe designs have been passed down through families, as with [[weaving]] and [[embroidery]] work. <ref name="bou-saada.com"/>. Some designs appear
  6 KB (870 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Straw plaiting
  ..."straw-mosaic", for plaiting into door and table mats, mattresses and for weaving and plaiting into light baskets and to create artificial flowers. Straw is
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• Linen tester
  ...used in the textile industry to measure the number of [[weft]] and [[warp (weaving)|warp]] threads within a certain area of fabric. Today, it is more commonly
  1 KB (218 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Textiles of Oaxaca
  ...finely crafted '''textiles''', particularly handmade [[embroidery]] and [[weaving|woven]] goods that frequently utilize a backstrap [[loom]]. Oaxaca is home Image:Telar y tapetes-Teotitlán del Valle-Oaxaca-Mexico.jpg|A hand weaving loom in Oaxaca.
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• Irish linen
  ...quality end of the market, and [[Jacquard weaving]] is moving towards the weaving of specials and custom damask pieces, made to the customers' own individual ...yarn must be Irish, as is the case with Irish linen fabric, the design and weaving skills must be Irish, and must take place in Ireland.
  4 KB (573 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Units of textile measurement
  ...nch of fabric or one square centimeter, including both the length ([[Warp (weaving)|warp]]) and width ([[weft]]) threads. The thread count is the number of th '''Ends per inch''' (or e.p.i.) is the number of [[Warp (weaving)|warp]] threads per inch of woven fabric.<ref name="OGFB">{{citation |last=
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• Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods
  ...[[knitting]] or [[weaving]] to create [[cloth]]. The [[machine]] used for weaving is the [[loom]]. Cloth is [[finishing (textiles)|finished]] by what are d ...rn is spun tight to exclude air, and has greater strength and is suited to weaving..
  18 KB (3,093 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Yarn
  ...he production of [[textile]]s, [[sewing]], [[crochet]]ing, [[knitting]], [[weaving]], [[embroidery]] and [[rope]]making. '''Thread''' is a type of yarn intend [[Category:Weaving]]
  8 KB (1,227 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Textile
  ...rmat = pdf | accessdate = August 6, 2006}}</ref> Textiles are formed by [[weaving]], [[knitting]], [[crochet]]ing, [[Macramé|knotting]], or pressing fibres ...made of interlacing fibres. ''Fabric'' refers to any material made through weaving, knitting, spreading, crocheting, or bonding. ''Cloth'' refers to a finishe
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