The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 166
them round, it was open to themaker to twist the one over the breadth of the other, and add on morestems to form the length. The product is an extended flat instead ofa round cord. This plaiting has developed into knitting and weaving.As we now see, the root idea of yarn spinning and cloth weaving… … LADY HAiMILTON AS SPINSTRESS (From the painting by George Romney) INTRODUCTORY 135 succeeding. Men and women had to acquire the need for clothing, forhousing, for art and ornament, before the spinning idea could findits proper function and sphere of activity. Slow and unresting, theprocess of…
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