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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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What is filling yarn?
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1 a (1): a bobbin, spool, or spindle on which filling yarn is wound
[M-W's Dictionary]
What is filling yarn?
1 a (1): a bobbin, spool, or spindle on which filling yarn is wound
[M-W's Dictionary]
What is filling yarn?
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This is a weaving term. In weaving cloth, you have parallel threads arranged on a loom -- these are called the warp threads. Then you have another thread on a bobbin or shuttle (or, apparently, quill ) that weave in and out of the warp threads at a right angle.
- This is a weaving term.
- In weaving cloth, you have parallel threads arranged on a loom -- these are called the warp threads.
- Then you have another thread on a bobbin or shuttle (or, apparently, quill ) that weave in and out of the warp threads at a right angle.
- This is called the weft, or woof, or, according to my dictionary, filling yarn.
- These specialized definitions of "quill" and "filling" would not be familiar to anyone except a weaver.
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This is a weaving term. In weaving cloth, you have parallel threads arranged on a loom -- these are called the warp threads. Then you have another thread on a bobbin or shuttle (or, apparently, quill) that weave in and out of the warp threads at a right angle. This is called the weft, or woof, or, according to my dictionary, filling yarn. These specialized definitions of "quill" and "fi
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