Swift (textiles), the Glossary
A swift is a tool used to hold a hank of yarn while it is being wound off (uncoiled from the hank and rewound in a form usable for knitting or crochet).[1]
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13 relations: Crochet, Hank (unit of measure), Knitting, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Niddy-noddy, Scrimshaw, Spinner's weasel, Spinning (textiles), Vittorio Zonca, Warp and weft, Weaving, Wrap reel, Yarn.
Crochet
Crochet is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials.
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Hank (unit of measure)
In the textile industry, a hank is a coiled or wrapped unit of yarn or twine, as opposed to other materials like thread or rope, as well as other forms such as ball, cone, bobbin (cylinder-like structure) spool, etc.
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Knitting
Knitting is a method for production of textile fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth (now the city of New Bedford and towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport) in the South Coast of Massachusetts.
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Niddy-noddy
A niddy-noddy"Niddy-noddy." The Oxford English Dictionary.
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Scrimshaw
Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory.
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Spinner's weasel
Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn-measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which looks like a clock) and an internal mechanism which makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein).
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Spinning (textiles)
Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.
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Vittorio Zonca
Vittorio Zonca (1568–1603) was an Italian engineer and writer.
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Warp and weft
In the manufacture of cloth, warp and weft are the two basic components in weaving to transform thread and yarn into textile fabrics.
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Weaving
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Swift (textiles) and Weaving are textile arts.
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Wrap reel
A wrap reel or skein winder is a device for measuring yarn and making it into hanks of a standard size.
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Yarn
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. Swift (textiles) and Yarn are textile arts.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(textiles)
Also known as Yarn swift.