Glossary · Cloth
Piece-dyed
Cloth dyed after weaving rather than before. Cheaper and more uniform than dyeing in the wool, and it cannot produce the depth of colour a tweed gets from blending pre-dyed fibre.
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Glossary · Cloth
Cloth dyed after weaving rather than before. Cheaper and more uniform than dyeing in the wool, and it cannot produce the depth of colour a tweed gets from blending pre-dyed fibre.