Preferred label
loose twist thread
Note (en)
Note
A thread in which the angle created by the twist is no more than 15 degrees from parallel to the thread. In some very loosely twisted threads, the angle maybe hard to detect.
Scope note source reference
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Source
Emery (2009)
Irene Emery (2009), The Primary Structures of Fabrics: An Illustrated Classification, New York, Thames & Hudson.
Additional Reference
pp. 11-12
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