Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1916)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, Macmillan · leaf 180
isting. Silk re-quires very little preparation, in comparison with wool andcotton, as it is fine and continuous, although finer andsmaller in diameter towards the center of the cocoon. Itis the most perfect fiber. Silk thread manufacture. — Silk is received in hanks bythe manufacturer of sewing… … Fig. 81 Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.Reeled and waste silk. stretched. Embroidery silks and twists are made in a simi-lar way, more or less twisting and stretching being done ac-cording to the kind of sewing thread desired. Dyeing andspooling follow (see Fig. 83). N 178 SHELTER AND…
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