Crafting with fabric and yarn is 'nothing I would do -- my mom does that,' said Mark Sanchez, 47, a long-haul trucker.

47岁的长途货车司机马克•桑切斯（Mark Sanchez）说，他可不要做针线活，那是他学妈妈做的事情。

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Kittens like to play with string and yarn, but if you don 't watch them they may accidentally swallow some of it, which can lead to gastrointestinal obstruction and a need for surgery.

小猫喜欢玩绳子和纱线，但如果不小心看管，它们也许会吞下一些绳线，从而导致肠道阻塞甚至需要做手术。

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Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.

“手工之家”也售卖纱线和绣花丝线。

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Embroidery work involves using colored yarn and a needle to create designs on the surface of cloth.

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It took a great deal of time and effort to gather fibers from plants or animals to make into yarn which could then be made into cloth.

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Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

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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.

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About 100 employees have been retained but carpet-making operations in Axminster are being scaled down and yarn production at Buckfast has stopped.

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