A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations, and colour (1885)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Huddersfield, [Eng.] : J. Broadbent · leaf 368
sily understood. Whereas, in the worsted yarn the perfect parallel lines of the fibres is equally well shown. The counts of the yarn from which the photographs were taken were 48 skein woollen (Yorkshire count), or equal to 22s worsted, and the worsted yarn is 24s ; and for the purpose of making a… … Worsted Yarn. It will not be difficult to understand, that any pattern which may be woven in the cloth will be at once lost, at least to some extent where woollen yarns are used, and that felting will be facilitated to the utmost, whereas with worsted yarns exactly the reverse is the case ; the…
