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Flyer
A hollow, U-shaped rotor, mounted open-side-down on top of a spindle of a FLY frame. It is rotated independently of the spindle and serves to twist the roving and wind it on bobbins which are held on...
Pyrenees
A wool fabric made in France from the wool of Pyrenees’ flocks of sheep. The Pyrenees are a mountain chain between France and Spain. The fabric is well known because it is a high quality fabric which...
Beaded, or Cut, Velvet
Velvet with a cut out pattern pile effect, made on jacquard loom. Drapeswell. May be fragile. Used for evening wear, drapery,decorative...
Pick-and-Pick Fabric
A woven fabric in which the alternate picks are of different colours or yarns.
NOTE:
If the weft is inserted by shuttles, this fabric must be produced on a pick-at-will loom....