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BURLING RAISING KNOTS
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MENDING PERCHING
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WEAVING AND SCOURING]
Now comes the mule spinning. The roping passes through rolls by which it is drawn and twisted to the size required, and wound on paper cop tubes or bobbins. Such of the yarn as is to be used for warp is then spooled from the bobbins to dresser spools. It is sized and wound upon large reels: from these transferred to the warp beam, as in the case of worsteds.
The processes of drawing-in, preparation for weaving, burling and mending are practically the same as in the case of worsteds.
~HOW THE CLOTH IS MADE PERFECT~
The finishing processes of woolens, like the finishing processes of worsteds, vary with different fabrics, some fabrics being scoured and cleansed in the washers before fulling, others going to the fulling mill without cleansing. After fulling, the cloth is again washed and rinsed, and if necessary to remove any vegetable fibres it is carbonized.
Napping or gigging raises the fibres to the nap desired. Gigging is done by means of a wire napping machine or teasel gig, which raises the ends of the fibres on the face of the cloth. The teasel is a vegetable product about the shape of a pine cone, and it is interesting to note that no mechanical contrivance has ever been invented to equal it for the purpose.
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ENGLISH CAP SPINNING]
The napping which has been raised by the teasel is sheared or cut to a proper length by machine. The cloth is pressed, and, if it is desired to finish it with lustre, it is wound upon copper cylinders and steam is forced through it at a high pressure.
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RING TWISTING]
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BEAMING--YARN INSPECTING]
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WOOLEN MULE SPINNING]
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FINISHER WOOLEN CARDING]
Next the cloth is dyed, if it is to be piece-dyed--that is, dyed in the piece. If the cloth is a mixture, the wool was dyed immediately after the scouring. In worsteds the dyeing is done either just after it has been subjected to the first combing processes, or the yarn is dyed in the skein or hank.
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PIECE DYEING
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