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Twine made from two black threads and one white thread

A twine (of medium high German zwirn : zweidrähtiger yarn, thread, twine, double yarn) is a yarn (linear textile ), the twisted from a plurality of yarns or yarns composed. Twisted yarn has a much higher tensile strength than the non-twisted single yarns put together.

Manufacturing

Two or more single threads or several twists are twisted together.

Types of thread

Poplin thread (normal thread)

The poplin thread consists of two single threads twisted together. The number of spinning and twisting twists can vary and influence the properties of the thread. In order to prevent the so-called skew or skew of the yarn during processing, the spinning and twisting turns must be in a balanced relationship.

Sewing thread

The sewing thread can consist of two, but mostly three, single threads twisted together. However, wrapped yarns, braided yarns and multifilaments are also used. The type of sewing thread used and its material depend very much on the desired optics and technical requirements.

Voile

The special thing about voile is that the web and thread are twisted in the same direction. The result is very hard and the fabric created from it is robust. Voile was often used for curtains in the past.

Crepe twine

Crêpe threads are very highly twisted threads.

Fancy threads (fancy threads)

Different fancy yarns

Fancy threads are produced on special machines and can have different color, material or structure effects (e.g. bead or loop effect).

Special constructions

3 × 3 thread

Special constructions are multiple and multi-stage twines. The production is very expensive, which is why these threads are rarely used. Iron yarn is an example of a multiple twist .

Straw hat thread

Straw hat thread is a triple, very fine and smoothed thread that is well suited for machine sewing. For this purpose, it is likely to have been largely replaced by synthetic and polyester yarns.

String / packing cord

twine

So-called twine or packaging cord - also called (package) string - are single or multiple twists, mostly made of flax or hemp , sometimes also made of cotton or chemical fibers . In the southern German language area, the term "Spagat" is also common, in the Austrian standard variety of the German language, Spagat is the standard-language name for the West German string or kitchen thread. Historical names in Austria and Bohemia were also Spaget , Spacht , Spachter , Spoget , etc., which are derived from the Italian Spago , Spaghetto (thin thread) or from the Bohemian spogiti (to stitch together). See also sausage twine and baler twine .

Colloquial

A (more or less) elegant suit is also referred to as “thread” (according to the scheme: pars pro toto ); The phrase “a fine thread” is somewhat out of date, also when it comes to high-quality suit fabric. The curse “Heaven, ass and thread” is widespread, especially in southern Germany.

history

Twisted threads are already documented from Magdalenian ( Lascaux ), but have probably been in use for much longer.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Maria Feldhaus : The technology. A lexicon of prehistoric times, historical times and primitive peoples. Reprint of the 1914 edition, 2nd edition Munich 1965 (with the addition of later original contributions by the author), new print Munich 1970, p. 1384.
  2. ↑ Without information about the author: Ingredients for fur processing . In: The Kürschnerfibel No. 2, supplement to the Kürschner-Zeitung No. 6, Verlag Alexander Duncker, Leipzig, February 21, 1938, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Alois Kießling et al. Max Matthes: Textile specialist dictionary . Schiele & Schön Fachbuchverlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-7949-0546-6 , pp. 42–43 (keyword twine ).
  4. ^ Austrian dictionary , Austrian federal publisher, textbook number: 155469, ISBN 978-3-209-06884-2 .
  5. ^ Krünitz 'Economic Encyclopedia, keyword Spagat .
  6. ↑ A. Glory, Débris de corde à paleolithique Grotte de Lascaux (Dordogne) . Memoire des la Societé Préhistorique Française 5, 1958, 135-169
  7. ↑ Karin Hardy, Where would we be without string? Ethnographic evidence for the use, manufacture and role of string in the upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Northern Europe . In: Beugnier, V., Crombé, Ph. (Ed.), Plant processing form a prehistoric and ethnographic perspective / Préhistoire et ethnographie du travail des plantes: proceedings of a workshop at Ghent University (Belgium) November 28, 2006. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1718. Oxford, John & Erica Hedges 2007, 9-22

Web links

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