Talk:Worsted

Carding
"The long, fine staple wool (although nowadays medium and short fibres are also used) is "carded" and made into continuous, untwisted strands or ropes called "slivers". The slivers are blended and then combed to make the fibres lie parallel. After this, the slivers are tightly twisted ("worsted") and spun."

I find this very confusing. It throws ups many questions. Carding, as I understand it, is akin to combing and makes the fibres lie parallel. How does this differ from the combing referred to? How does a collection of untwisted fibres constitute a continuous strand or rope (sliver)? And what is the difference between "twisted" and "spun"? I thought twisting was essentially spinning. I know it's probably a complex technical process but my imagination fails me when trying to picture the process. Clarification would be very welcome.

hi, i just changed a bunch and i hope that clarifies a bit. carding and combing are two different fiber preparation processes. carding is generally used for woolen yarn, and combs for worsted yarn. and yeah, i changed the "continuous strand" bit to says "overlapping fibre staples". there's a lot that needs to be added to and expanded in wikipedia re: spinning, such as staple and woolen, etc, but here's a start. lastly, there's no difference between twisted and spun. generally, spinners use the word "spun" more, but literally twisting is what is being done. Andreach 10:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Please expand
This article needs expansion to provide more about worsted making regions in England. I know it was made in Yorkshire and, I think other regions, but I do not know enough to make the alterations myself. Peterkingiron 21:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Cloth
This part is wrong, I believe: "Worsteds differs from woollens, in that the natural crimp of the wool fibre is removed in the process of spinning the yarn. In Tropical Worsteds, this use of tightly-spun straightened wool, combined with a looser weave, permits the free flow of air through the fabric." Worsted yarn is spun differently than woolen yarn so that the fibres lie in the same direction, thus producing a smoother yarn. In woolen yarn, on the other hand, the fibres are spun so that they lie in different directions, producing a lofty yarn with a halo. The natural crimp is not removed in this spinning process, though some worsted yarn may have the crimp removed for other reasons. If no one objects, I'll change this. I'm new to Wikipedia editing, so I want to make sure it's ok first.. Andreach 09:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

never mind, went and edited the page a bunch. tell me if i did anything wrong. Andreach 10:05, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Following on Peterkingiron's entry
The article also needs a balance between the history of a type of textile and current handspinning techniques. Handspinning is blended in, but really needs its own section.

teneriff (talk) 02:38, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Yarn weight category?
First sentence; quote: "...is the name of a yarn, the cloth made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category." How about 1) a clue what "weight category" means, and 2) what that weight category is? Same-same with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsted#Weight.

The lead (opening section) is too dependent on hyperlinks. Leads should refrain from them, why?...see wiki's style suggestions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.65.108 (talk) 08:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Gill?
What is 'gilling'? It's mentioned more than once in the article without explanation or link.

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Woollen or Worsted
The first pic in the article is not of worsted yarn, more likely it is a woollen type. -Roxy the dog™ bark 16:18, 16 September 2016 (UTC)


 * This is the sort of article which generates the comment. If I was going to start to improve this article- I wouldn't start from here. Have you any suggestions on where to start? --ClemRutter (talk) 19:53, 16 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I have no suggestions. The various textile related articles on my watchlist are sadly confused by good faith editing of craft and traditional textiles themes into industrial type articles, and vice versa. The subject is huge, and there is no top down guidance, no overall control of how articles relate within an industry or craft. You are correct though, I wouldn't start from here. I wouldn't start at all, actually. -Roxy the dog™ bark 19:20, 29 September 2016 (UTC)