The procedure for weaving cotton yarn into fabric is similar to that for other fibres.
An alternative method, positive feed, which feeds precisely measured amounts of yarn into the machine, is now considered more satisfactory.
Nobody is better than the Missonis at turning a ball of yarn into a three-dimensional fashion piece.
Under the direction of the mill's owner, Aaron Feuerstein, a team of engineers wound superfine polyester yarn into a dense fabric resembling terry cloth, only lighter.
A new British process makes double-sided terry fabric, called Terrytuft, by inserting pile yarn into a backing and knotting it into position.
A machine had been programmed to punch fine hairs of yarn into leather until the harder surface of the leather gradually dissolved into a soft knit.
Old looms turn yarn into splashy-colored textiles, parrots squawk in cages and deific pictures of Presidents Bashar (current) and Hafez (former) al-Assad are everywhere.
To actually knit while walking into howling gales and hopping over streams without turning your yarn into a milk-slopped cheese isn't just admirable, it's unfathomable.
The new knitting frames and power looms could weave yarn into cloth much faster than the most skilled artisan weaver working in his own cottage.
Mr. Paley said, "Imagine this as an embroidery hoop, and you turn the original story, or yarn, into a big, long thread".
Among the most stunning moments is Michael Jackson, a song that spins a childhood yarn into a realized dream, simulating a moonwalk with its effortlessness.
