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Tuesday Nov 3, 2009
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Textile Term of the Week & Pop Quiz

Count of yarn - Methods of variously expressing the mass per unit length or the length per unit mass of yarn.


Quiz Answer - The term "size" is used in North America for count of yarn.


Quiz Question - What are some other terms used for "count of yarn?"


Daniels, PN and Denton, MJ, eds. Textile Terms and Definitions, 11th ed. Manchester, UK: The Textile Institute, 2002)
 


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