Turner, Annabell · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 84
nery that is especially adaptedto it. Silk Dyeing.—Silk is dyed either in the yamor in the piece. If dyed in the yarn, the gum isremoved by soaking in boiling soap and water,then the yam is washed in cold water. At thispoint weighting is often put in—tin, iron, orother mineral salts being absorbed… … Reeled and Waste Silk 72 THE STUDY OF FABEICS higher price for silk than it is worth, as weight-ing makes silk both weak and tender, and infe-rior grades are apt to be used. Silk will take up50 to 200% of weighting without arousingmuch suspicion. The silk is dyed, the luster re-stored, and it is…
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