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  • ...ion that a soap-like substance was used in the preparation of [[wool]] for weaving.
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  • ...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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  • 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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  • .... 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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  • ...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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  • ...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,
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  • ...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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  • ...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
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  • ...ing''' is the process of removing the '''size''' material from the [[warp (weaving)|warp]] [[yarn]]s in woven fabrics.
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  • ...eliminate this tendency to undesirable torquing. At the winding, twisting, weaving, '''[[tufting]]''' and knitting processes, an increased tendency to torquin
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  • ...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
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  • ...e people believe designs have been passed down through families, as with [[weaving]] and [[embroidery]] work. <ref name="bou-saada.com"/>. Some designs appear
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  • ..."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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  • ...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
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  • ...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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  • ...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.
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  • ...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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  • ...[[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..
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  • ...he production of [[textile]]s, [[sewing]], [[crochet]]ing, [[knitting]], [[weaving]], [[embroidery]] and [[rope]]making. '''Thread''' is a type of yarn intend [[Category:Weaving]]
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  • ...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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  • ...Fibre]], [[Kevlar]], [[Polypropylene]], [[Polyamides]] (Nylon) etc. The [[weaving]] of the fabric is done either in a coil fashion or in a layer fashion. Mol ...structures also get priority to form the base structure. Special types of weaving machines are used to form spiral fabrics and layer fabrics are generally no
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  • ...xture is [[carding|carded]] to clean and mix the fibers and spun ready for weaving or knitting. The fibers can also be compressed for mattress production. Tex
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  • ...and subsequently [[net (textile)|netted]], looped, [[knitting|knit]] or [[weaving|woven]] to make fabrics, appeared in the Middle East during the late [[ston The earliest evidence of [[weaving]] comes from impressions of textiles and basketry and nets on little pieces
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  • ...y stretches in the [[bias (textile)|bias]] directions (between the [[Warp (weaving)|warp]] and [[weft]] directions), unless the threads are elastic. Woven cl
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  • ...f [[yarn]]s is called "''gassing''". It is usually the first step after [[weaving]] or [[knitting]], though the fabric may be brushed first to raise the surf
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  • * Weaving ===Weaving-fabric manufacture===
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  • |yarn dyed, the dyeing of the yarn before weaving or knitting <br />
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  • ...the era of [[Porfirio Díaz]] (1880s to 1910), when the mechanization of [[weaving]] was introduced, mostly by the French. ...ed with woven items they had made. Cortés mentions the Aztecs’ skill in weaving in one of this letters to the king of Spain, in very favorable terms.<ref n
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  • ...the yarn after dying is rested six months while it regains humidity before weaving. However, in 2010 sales were only about half of their peak in the 1990's an
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  • ...ile for an experiment in electricity-producing clothing. This was done by weaving [[zinc oxide]] [[nanowire]]s into the fabric. If successful, the new fabric
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  • == Weaving process == ...he warp or vertical threads (io). The warp is arranged close together. The weaving process consisted of working in cross-threads from left to right. The close
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  • ...hrop Loom]]: [[Draper Corporation]], First [[automatic]] bobbin changing [[weaving]] [[loom]] placed in production. Over 700,000 would be sold worldwide. [[Category:Weaving]]
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  • ...d in shape, seed beads are most commonly used for loom and off-loom [[bead weaving]]. They may be used for simple stringing, or as spacers between other bead ...inder beads has a flat, smooth texture. [[Wikt:Rows]] and [[columns]] in [[weaving]] line up more uniformly, so pattern work comes out more accurate and even.
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  • ...commonly used for [[Bead weaving|loom]] and [[Bead weaving|off-loom]] bead weaving.
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  • ...children and camp counselors at [[summer camp]]s. This lanyard is made by weaving several pieces of gimp into a three-dimensional design. Gimp is also often ...thus doubling the size of the keychain made. Again the process is done by weaving the ends alternately.
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  • === Dyeing and weaving ===
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  • ...f> It is also used for [[grazing]] livestock and weaving mats and [[basket weaving|baskets]].<ref name=afr/>
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  • ...istic style, where the courses are intentionally ''not'' straight, instead weaving to form more organic impressions.
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  • ...ans had already observed, at least in passing, that slaves involved in the weaving of asbestos cloth were afflicted with a sickness of the lungs.<ref>P. Brode ...ges d'Amianté (On hygiene and security of the workers in the spinning and weaving of asbestos)" in Le Bulletin de l'Inspection du Travail, 1906, pp 120–132
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