Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson (1914)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 72
ater to remove the remaininggum. Now the silk takes on its luster. Before it wasdull like cotton. The silk is now finer and harderand-is known as souple. Loading The silk fiber has a remarkable property of absorb- Silk ing certain metallic salts, still retaining much of its SILK 57 luster. This… … REELING SILK For the weighting of white or light colored silkgoods, tin crystals (stanous chloride) are used and fordark shades and black, iron salts and tannin. By thismeans the original weight of the fiber may be increasedthree or four hundred per cent. This result is notattained, however, except…
Textile fabrics · Sewing · Dressmaking
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