But fiber- and yarn-processing has improved since the first technical fibers were introduced decades ago.
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Carpet-making operations in Axminster were scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast stopped.
About 100 employees have been retained but carpet-making operations in Axminster are being scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast has stopped.
BYD, for example, is the world's largest maker of nickel-cadmium batteries, and India's Reliance Group makes more polyester fibre and yarn than anyone else.
About 100 employees are being retained, but carpet-making operations in Axminster are being scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast is to stop, administrators Duff and Phelps said.
Until 2004 the Al-Rafiqs depended primarily on breeding-stock sales and processing and selling yarn and fiber for revenue.
He spins a great and colorful yarn and stuffs readers full of facts and anecdotes, but when he begins to articulate strategy, I often find myself raising my eyebrows.
The walls of the East Landing are adorned with wreaths crafted with red, white, and blue yarn, and a tree decorated with red, white and blue ornaments completes the space.
The better the quality of the yarn and the higher the yarn count, the more expensive the fabric is.
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He started Baker Hosiery with nothing but a beat-up old knitting machine and some yarn.
The company already uses recycled resin in the underbody of the vehicle and recycled yarn on seat covers.
It is to his credit that he weaves these well-worn threads into such an original and engaging yarn.
The walls in that room are adorned with wreaths crafted by volunteers using red, white and blue yarn.
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Embellishment textiles are mainly done by women thus the Project will aim at enhancing incomes of the women which was limited to spinning cotton and woolen yarn.
Anyone can join in the regular Victoriana-inspired Chaos Thaoghaire nights, as long as you can stand in front of a crowd and spin a yarn that is vaguely rooted in reality - and do so without notes.
The slightly artificial quality that comes with this technology -- even wearing the spectacles puts a barrier between the movie and reality -- complements Pi's magical realist yarn, and Claudio Miranda's luminous, glossy, color-saturated cinematography gives the movie a picture book look.
The twosome spent 2009 crafting the story of Bionic Yarn and its (since patented) manufacturing process.
These are then sewn into a very small (1.22mm wide) lead made of a polymer yarn and wires, which are then inserted into the spine.
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His hand was rummaging through the clots of yarn and the buttons and crumbs that lined the bottom of his pocket, searching for the encased bullet.
Takashi Tezuka, director of Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story, is supervising the development of the new game, which is set in a fanciful world of yarn and textiles.
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Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region (Republic of Korea): Weaving of Mosi is a process involving harvesting, boiling and bleaching ramie plants, spinning yarn from the fibre, and weaving it on traditional looms.
On a wall hangs her "work in progress board, " covered with yarn samples, color groupings, photos of needlework patterns and printouts diagramming where various yarn patterns should go.
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Crime yarn Pain and Gain was the top film in the US and Canada this weekend.
Yarn bombing and placard-making are some of the events being organised in Gloucestershire in a bid to show arts and culture in a different light.
Events include a "flash knit mob" picnic at Stratford Park Leisure Centre, with yarn bombing and other knitting activities for both the experienced and total beginner.
Sales of yarn, fleece and knitwear now represent 60% of its revenue, goat sales a third.
"I'd ask if I could do a quick grooming" and spin the fur into yarn, she says.
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Namely, it has contributed enhancements to HDFS, YARN, HBase and Hive projects.
Inside the hangarlike, cinder-block space, folding tables are piled with mountains of yarn, looming gear and books with titles like Knitting with Dog Hair.
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