A manual for managers, designers, weavers : and all others connected with the manufacture of textile fabrics : containing definitions, derivations, and explanations of technical terms, the use made of many substances, rules, tables, and some elementary instructions for beginners (1881)
Spitzli, Alfred · West Troy, N.Y., A. & A.F. Spitzli · leaf 86
he work, even when it can be dis¬ pensed with further on. The threads drawn out should be saved in their regular order ; this will afford much aid in determining the order of the filling threads, serve as samples of the yarn for dis¬ section, and to be used as guides for the dyer, etc., etc. Eighth… … staining or shortening to serve as tally threads in keeping the count correct. Brush out all the loose fibres in the projecting threads. This done, draw forward the first filling thread just enough to loosen it from the fabric, when the sample should appear about like figure No. 3. All these…
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