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  2. Lucy & Yak - Wikipedia

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    Lucy & Yak is a British clothing brand established in 2017 by creative director Lucy Greenwood and CEO Christopher Renwick, which is mainly known for its sale of dungarees. It has physical stores in Brighton , Norwich , Bristol , Nottingham , Manchester , Cambridge , and Cardiff and markets itself as sustainable and mostly gender neutral .

  3. Yak fiber - Wikipedia

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    Yak fiber. Yak fiber is the term commonly used to refer yak fiber wool produced from the coat hair of yaks ( Bos grunniens ), a long-haired bovine mainly found in the Himalayan region, Tibetan plateau, and some areas of Mongolia and Central Asia. Yak fiber wool has been used by nomads in the Trans-Himalayan region for over a thousand years to ...

  4. Fiber art - Wikipedia

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    The most common use of yarn to make cloth is weaving. In weaving, the yarn is wrapped on a frame called a loom and pulled taut vertically. This is known as the warp. Then another strand of yarn is worked back and forth wrapping over and under the warp. This wrapped yarn is called the weft. Most art and commercial textiles are made by this ...

  5. Chenille fabric - Wikipedia

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    According to textile historians, chenille-type yarn is a recent invention, dating to the 18th century and believed to have originated in France. The original technique involved weaving a "leno" fabric and then cutting the fabric into strips to make the chenille yarn. Alexander Buchanan, a foreman in a Paisley fabric mill, is credited with ...

  6. Angora wool - Wikipedia

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    Yarns of 100% angora are typically used as accents. They have the most halo and warmth, but can felt very easily through abrasion and humidity and can be excessively warm in a finished garment. The fibre is normally blended with wool to give the yarn elasticity, as Angora fibre is not naturally elastic. The blend decreases the softness and halo ...

  7. Yak lace - Wikipedia

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    Yak lace refers to a coarse bobbin lace in the guipure manner, typically made from wool. [1] It was mainly made in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire in imitation of Maltese and Greek laces. [2] [3] While the name suggests the lace is made using yak hair, it can be made of any wool or worsted yarn.

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