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OT word of the day
Shoddy and Mungo Shoddy is in essence recycled wool. Rags are shredded, respun, and rewoven, and the resultant fabric is Shoddy. The quality of shoddy would of course vary with the quality of the rags used to make it. If good quality soft spun rags are used it may well turn out to be of a better quality some lesser new woolens. And yep this is where the term shoddy as used a a descriptive meaning poor quality comes from. Mungo is the lowest quality shoddy. Generally from hard spun rags, it is sometimes of such low quality when the proscessing is finished that it must be felted to make a usable fabric. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Shoddy and Mungo
Shoddy is in essence recycled wool. Rags are shredded, respun, and rewoven, and the resultant fabric is Shoddy. The quality of shoddy would of course vary with the quality of the rags used to make it. If good quality soft spun rags are used it may well turn out to be of a better quality some lesser new woolens. And yep this is where the term shoddy as used a a descriptive meaning poor quality comes from. Mungo is the lowest quality shoddy. Generally from hard spun rags, it is sometimes of such low quality when the proscessing is finished that it must be felted to make a usable fabric. Those were two of my favourite words when I was a kid (I used to read the dictionary for fun, mind). Turned out that the shirts we were issued with when doing army cadet training at school (this was in New Zealand in the 60s) were made of mungo or shoddy. They were some of the scratchiest, ickiest things I've ever had to wear. Eventually I flatly refused to do it any more on principle (PM Holyoake took NZ tokenistically into the Vietnam War, and I supported the Viet Cong) but we damn well should have had grounds for objection for being forced to dress in sandpaper. ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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algin
alginate Alginic acid Sodium alginate Alginate is an extract of various seaweeds. It has a ton of uses. In textiles it has been spun into water soluble threads, used as a soluble foundation for embroideries, used as a size, included in starches, and used as a thickener in both dye painting and textile printing. By far printing is the largest use of alginates in the textile industry. Most soluble threads and sheets available in retail are PVA (polyvinyl-alcohol), which has better storage qualities. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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NightMist wrote:
algin alginate Alginic acid Sodium alginate Alginate is an extract of various seaweeds. It has a ton of uses. In textiles it has been spun into water soluble threads, used as a soluble foundation for embroideries, used as a size, included in starches, and used as a thickener in both dye painting and textile printing. By far printing is the largest use of alginates in the textile industry. Most soluble threads and sheets available in retail are PVA (polyvinyl-alcohol), which has better storage qualities. OT note: Alginates are also used in dental impression material - you know the yucky pink or blue stuff you bite into for getting crowns etc just the right size and shape. Can't think of a textile link to tie in with that though. Lizzy |
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:24:57 +0100, Lizzy Taylor
wrote: NightMist wrote: algin alginate Alginic acid Sodium alginate Alginate is an extract of various seaweeds. It has a ton of uses. In textiles it has been spun into water soluble threads, used as a soluble foundation for embroideries, used as a size, included in starches, and used as a thickener in both dye painting and textile printing. By far printing is the largest use of alginates in the textile industry. Most soluble threads and sheets available in retail are PVA (polyvinyl-alcohol), which has better storage qualities. OT note: Alginates are also used in dental impression material - you know the yucky pink or blue stuff you bite into for getting crowns etc just the right size and shape. Can't think of a textile link to tie in with that though. Lizzy So far as casting they have to use it for dental impressions because it is one of the few things that will work well that you can safely put in your mouth. It is also used to make life castings (making various impressions of people parts, hands, feet, bellies, faces, etc.), though I prefer moulage for that for assorted reasons. It is used as a thickener a LOT. Start reading lables and you will find it and/or methocell (hydroxymethylcellulose) in tons and tons of things, from food to cosmetics to washing up liquids and more. You find this stuff in almost everything. NightMist -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Spot Tack
Making a knot of sorts. By machine set stitch length to zero (or your machine's equivilant) and go backwards and forwards over the same small spot a couple of times. By hand just take a couple of stitches over the same few threads and tie as for a quilt, then wrap the thread through the stitches and pass the needle through the wrapping as for a french knot. Generally you want to pass the needle back through the sides of wrap before cutting closely, but that is a matter of choice. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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OT word of the day
Pineapple fiber
Pina (the spanish N with the curvey) Abacaxi Made from pineapple leaves, the fiber is removed by scraping the leaves by hand. In commercial textiles it is often combined with silk or synthetics. The resultant fabric has the look and much of the durability of linen, but is softer, more lusterous, and easier care. The fabric originated in the Philappines, though some small trade in it has developed in other pineapple growing countries, notably Brazil. An article and some pictures of modern garments made of this fabric is he http://www.teonline.com/articles/200...le-fabric.html -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Beaver
You could consider this an early faux fur. It is a heavy coating weight woolen fabric, that has been milled and napped. The nap is cut evenly and laid in a single direction, similar to the process for some velvets. It is lusterous, and quite intentionally made to look like beaver fur so much as is possible. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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OT word of the day
baldachin
Though the word has come down in time from what was once a "canopy of state", nowdays it mostly refers to beds. A baldachin bed is one in which the canopy is permanent, a structural part of the bed. It may be full or half, or sometimes smaller than half. It is somewhat fashionable both now and through history to drape the half or smaller versions to match or compliment the other bed dressings. Some versions of the full size are quilted on the visable faces with leather or luxury fabrics. I've noticed that when advertising companies wish to make a modern bed with a canopy, especially when accompanied by curtain rails, sound pretentious they call it a "baldachin bed". -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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combed cotton
Cotton that is gone over with fine brushes after carding to remove more impurities, brittle fibers, and short fibers. This reduces the total volume of the carded cotton by as much as 15-20%, but what remains are the longer more durable fibers. Fabrics and yarns made of combed cotton are usually softer and more durable than those made from single carded cotton. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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