Scientific sewing and garment cutting, for use in schools and in the home; (1898)
Wakeman, Antoinette Prudence (Van Hoesen), Mrs., 1856- [from old catalog], Heller, Louise M., [from old catalog] joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett & company · leaf 98
are cleansed, wound together upon a reel, and twisted into one thread. WORK OF THE FIFTH GRADE. 95 The thread is then reeled into big skeins; and as it is moist, itmust be thoroughly dried, thus making it ready to be sold to manufac-turers by the pound. As these skeins are somewhat stiff, they… … Reels and Skeins of Silk. colored, and woven into ribbons or some of the many different kinds ofbeautiful silk cloth. Spun silk is made of the waste silk and poor cocoons. It is notreeled, but is separated by machinery into strands about a foot long.These are spun together as cotton is, and made…
Sewing · Garment cutting
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