Glossary · Cloth
High twist
Yarn spun with more turns per unit length than usual. Wiry, springy and resilient; the basis of fresco and of most genuinely good hot-weather suiting.
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Glossary · Cloth
Yarn spun with more turns per unit length than usual. Wiry, springy and resilient; the basis of fresco and of most genuinely good hot-weather suiting.