Yarns

Examples

• This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The warp was made by the cloth and linen manufacturers, and the weft yarns furnished by the woman spinsters throughout the country. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Prior to the invention of the _spinning-jenny_, the loose fibre was spun into yarns and thread by hand on the old-fashioned spinning wheel, each thread requiring the attention of one person. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Formerly the bobbins on which the yarns were wound increased in speed as they were filled, thus endangering and often breaking the thread, and at all times increasing the tension. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Fellows used to try to frighten me with their yarns at sea, said Legree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Color designs of the greatest durability are produced by the weaving together of colored yarns. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In forming a small rope, two of the yarns thus formed were twisted together in a direction opposite to that of the first twist. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The long travel of the carriage back and forth, and the simultaneous twisting and drawing of the yarns, produced threads of great fineness and regularity. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The yarns, which are wound around bobbins, are drawn from them through perforated plates, these so placed that the yarns converge together and pass into a tube. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Thus finally were means provided to supply the demand for the weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• These are now used alike in making fine threads and yarns and in large ropes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He was studying hard how to get up a machine to meet the weavers' demands for cotton yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As the yarns still need to be twisted, they are passed through a roving frame similar to a drawing frame. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• An ingenious device connected with the winding of the roving yarns upon bobbins may be here noted. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There is work with paper, cardboard, wood, leather, cloth, yarns, clay and sand, and the metals, with and without tools. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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