und off on bobbins ready for the loom. Embroidery silk and sewing silk are madeby giving special twists to varied numbers Cotton The cotton plant grows from four to sixfeet high (Fig. 36) and after blooming iscovered with brown pods called bolls (Fig.37, 38), which burst open when ripe, showingthe… … Fig. 27. Cotton fibres enlarged. Fig. 28. Flax fibres enlarged. of threads according to size required. Thethread obtained from this process is againunited with other threads of the same kind,and given the reverse twist. Spun silk is made from the short endsand waste of reeled silk and from…
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