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Pilling
Small balls of tangled fibre forming on a knitted surface. Caused by short fibre ends working loose, which is why fibre length rather than fineness predicts it.
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Glossary · General
Small balls of tangled fibre forming on a knitted surface. Caused by short fibre ends working loose, which is why fibre length rather than fineness predicts it.