For example, the Brooklyn Yarn Cafe, which opened Jan . 1 sells 100 brands of yarn, including hand-dyed varieties from Turkey and Peru.
Different brands work yarn differently.
Thomas is meticulous in her use of reality, and every time she names something – from a bottle of wine to a brand of knitting yarn – it is exactly right for the scene.
The important thing is not the yarn brand but its polyester composition witch good biocompatibility (Li et al. 2006; Quester et al. 2002) and a conservation of its biomechanical properties (Privalova et al. 1988) in vivo.
That plastic is then turned into the brand's proprietary yarn, used for the uppers of all its shoes.
The company, which makes the Martex and Joe Boxer brands, said the yarn plant in Whitmire, S.C., will begin shutting down immediately and cease operations by May 1. "Yarn produced at the Whitmire plant has to be hauled significant distances to reach any of our weaving facilities," Lanny Bledsoe, senior vice president for manufacturing, said in a statement.
During a week in July, he allowed a reporter to accompany him through a series of design and marketing meetings, with Timberland, Rizzoli, his fashion brands and Bionic Yarn (six in total), where he tossed out ideas as if they were Mardi Gras beads.
Aircraft could be made a lot lighter by replacing metal wiring which for a big plane can amount to some 320km of cable and braided shielding, which prevents signal interference with natural and synthetic fibres treated to conduct electricity.One such fibre, a cottony yarn branded ARACON, is being used by Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer in some of their aircraft.
