JiiMcv ?! . What is Ooth 9 ':VV/ORSTED Cloth takes its name from Worsted,' a town in Norfolk, England, wherein the Sixteenth Century, a method was invented of “carding” wool with iron combs. In present-day weavers’ craft wor--Bteds differ from other woollen fabrics in that the • •V__ > yarns have all been combed to remove the short fibres X and lay the long fibres so that they lie parallel to each other. Worsteds are made up into all kinds of weaves, examples being the cloths generally known as wor- ... eteds, serges, wool crepes, etc. These are only some of the many quality cloths woven by ROSLYN craftsROSLYN Men's and Women's men from selected New Zealand wool, and those Underwear. who pre f er WO rsted fabrics will find none more beau- 1 ROSLYN Rags. tiful in texture and workmanship, nor in which dur- I ROSLYN Tweeds and Wiar- ability is more honestly woven, than those wrought ’ steda - by ROSLYN looms. ROSLYN Planket Flannel. ROSLYN fabrics, made by craftsmen under ideal ROSLYN Hosiery. conditions, now set world-standards in the weavers* __ prt E3=K»EESSKSS£SS3KfiSX3C£aS£SZESaSZZ£3SSSjGr * THE WEAVES THAT MADE NEW ZEALAND FABRICS FAMOUS. ROSS AND GLENDINING PRODUCTS RJ» I
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Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 18
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