Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 64
and twisting it into thread is calledspinning. Women used to do this work on thespinning wheel. With it they could spin but onethread at a time. Some of the machines usedbo-day spin two thousand threads at a time. Putting the lengthwise and crosswise threadstogether so as to form cloth is weaving.… … Pio, 11. — A Native of the Congo Basin Weaving. are carried back and forth between these,weaving in the v^oof^ or crosswise threads. ^ Is cotton cloth always white ? inquiredCharlie. 52 HOW WE ARE CLOTHED ^^ No/ replied grandpa, ^^ it is of differentcolors. Sometimes there are several colors inthe…
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