Noils


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n. pl.1.Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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* Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibers.
Quality deterioration in winding also eliminated and comber noils can be reduced slightly subject to quality requirements.
Materials Yarn weight: 4 Yarn used: Kenzie by HiKoo * 1 skein Kenzie by HiKoo, 50% New Zealand merino, 24% nylon, 10% angora, 10% alpaca, 5% silk noils (160 yds/50g) in each of colors 1003 Lamington (A), 1016 Tasman (B), 1010 Glacier (C) Tools: For Small/Medium hat: * U.S.
over several terms for recycled commodities--such as noils, rovings, and
Wool with a break near one end of the staple or the other will create annoying noils and slubs in the yarn.
Various forms of cotton include byproducts, such as discounted cottons, ginning waste (motes and linters), and textile processing wastes (card strips, comber noils).
And noils of wool or of fine animal hair, yarn waste of wool or fine animal hair, plus wool grease (and derived fatty substances such as lanolin) would be exported to Albania duty free from the EU.
For instance, woolcombers often kept a portion of the "noils," the valuable short fibers of wool that accumulated during the preparation of tops.