Turner, Annabell · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 84
that is especially adaptedto it. Silk Dyeing.—Silk is dyed either in the yamor in the piece. If dyed in the yarn, the gaim isremoved by soaking in boiling soap and water,then the yarn is washed in cold w^ater. At thispoint w^eighting is often put in—tin, iron, orother mineral salts being absorbed… … Reeled and Waste Silk71 72 THE STUDY OF FABRICS higher price for silk than it is worth, as weight-ing makes silk both weak and tender, and infe-rior grades are apt to be nsed. Silk will take uj)50 to 2007r of weighting without arousingmuch suspicion. The silk is dyed, the luster re-stored, and it…
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