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Glossary
Burler: A worker who removes knots from the
surface of cloth.
Kersey: A kind of coarse, narrow cloth woven
from long wool, usually ribbed.
Carding: The disentangling of fibres before
spinning.
Øre: A Danish coin worth ±/±∞∞ of a krone.
Owners of the manorial right: the actual, legal
owners of a property.
Combing: A process that removes the short
woollen fibres.
Rix-dollar: the dollar of the realm; an old silver
coin of Scandinavia.
Copyhold: Tenure of land based on manorial
records.
Tackler: A person who sets up the loom and
starts it. The tackler has a technical knowledge
of weaving.
Cropper: A worker who cuts nap from cloth.
Dressing: The size or stiffening used to give textiles certain characteristics.
Warper: A worker who arranges the warp or
threads running lengthwise in the loom.
Frieze: Coarse woollen cloth with a nap, usually on one side only.
Willower: A worker who operated the willow, a
machine used for plucking and cleaning raw
wool.
Fulling: A process for thickening cloth.
ISO: International Organisation for Standardization; an organisation that develops international standards in many areas, including
quality control and environmental monitoring.
Worsted: Yarn spun from long-staple wool. Before spinning the short fibres are removed by
combing.
Wool
Why wool ?
Animal fibre forming the protective covering
(...) of sheep or of other hairy mammals,
such as goats and camels. Prehistoric man,
clothing himself with sheepskins, eventually learned to make yarn and fabric from
their fibre covering.
It is a natural fibre.
It is biodegradable.
It keeps you warm when it’s cold.
It is cool when it’s hot.
It has an attractive appearance that lasts
for years.
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It is safe: Wool does not burst into flames in
contact with fire or hot embers.
Animal fibre
It absorbs moisture: Wool can absorb up to ≥∂%
of its own weight – and still feel dry.
In the ±∫∫∞s, textiles made of animal fibre
made up only about ±/±∞ of the world’s textile production but played an important
role due to, among other things, their elasticity, thermal and moisture-absorbing characteristics.
It is soil resistant.
It absorbs liquids slowly, so spills do not easily
penetrate.
It is very elastic.
It is suitable for combining with, for example,
nylon.
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