tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044956066269410247.post2222134554963634745..comments2024-03-29T03:51:59.565+11:00Comments on Le Noeud Papillon Of Sydney - For Lovers Of Bow Ties: Wool and Other Fabrics - A Series Of Ruminations With The Intent To InformAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947800134556228705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044956066269410247.post-64912281337858904282011-09-26T23:24:28.622+10:002011-09-26T23:24:28.622+10:00So far, so good. At the very least, you have defi...So far, so good. At the very least, you have defined worsted as a yarn and not a fabric.<br /><br />If this is a filtering process, what happens to the short fibers? I was under the impression that worsting (is this a word?) was just combing and tight spinning with no reference to removing short fibers.<br /><br />As a point of interest (confusion) I am reading Vanity Fair and one of the characters is said to be "working on her worsted" and I can't help wondering what that means.<br /><br />This is her drawing room work that seems to be a lap project like embroidering rather than combing wool.<br /><br />JackJack Schmidlinghttp://schmidling.comnoreply@blogger.com