Patton, Frances · New York, Newson & company · leaf 173
ties, but only those that are considered standard materials have been mentioned. ,xr , Wool. The term wool is used indefinitely, but is most gen-erally applied to the fine hair of the sheep, and is distin-guished from hair solely by being curly and serrated, whilethe latter is straight and stiff.… … III. 108.-The Wool Fibre. peculiarity has much to do with its value as a textile fibre, 170 Home and School Sewing. as it is this which gives it the matting or felting qualityso necessary in spinning and weaving. The skin of the sheep itself was probably the first cov-ering used by man, and,…
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