Author:Botha, Anton F; Roux, JADate:Nov 2008South Africa has over 4 million indigenous goats (Boer, Savannah and Nguni/Mbusi breeds), many of which have two coats of fibre, namely a cashmere-like fine down and a coarse guard hair. These goats are primarily kept for their meat, milk and ...Read more
Author:Botha, Anton F; Roux, JADate:Nov 2008South Africa has over 4 million indigenous goats (Boer, Savannah and Nguni/Mbusi breeds), many of which have two coats of fibre, namely a cashmere-like fine down and a coarse guard hair. These goats are primarily kept for their meat, milk and ...Read morecb
Author:Hunter, LawranceDate:1993Mohair remains one of the most important speciality animal fibres, finding application in a wide range of textile end-uses, notably apparel and household textiles. Although a great deal of published information exists on mohair, much of the ...Read more
Author:Cawood, MPDate:1978Textured yarns, especially polyester, play an important role in the synthetic and natural yarn market. In the apparel sector the false twist textured yarns have maintained the dominant position.Read more
Author:Galuszynski, SDate:May 1986Sewing, as a means of joining two or more fabrics to make a garment or other article is likely to remain the most common and versatile method in the foreseeable future. For the purpose of this publication the seam pucker is defined as a ...Read more
Author:Shorthouse, CM; Robinson, GADate:Mar 1987Repco wrapped core-spun (RWCS) and Repco wrapped spun (RWS) wool yarns, having textured nylon or polyester as the filament component, were spun to limiting counts and then knitted into medium and fine gauge double jersey fabrics (Pun to-di-Roma ...Read more