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109-year US manufacturer shuts for good, blaming the "energy model"

For more than a century, a textile plant in rural Virginia spun yarn and jobs out of American cotton. Now that 109-year run ...
The Express Tribune

Importers for withdrawal of duty on spun yarn

Textile importers have urged the government to withdraw the 2% regulatory duty imposed on spun yarn, arguing it can substantially hurt the textile industry as well as exporters. Federation of Pakistan ...
Nature

Core-Spun Yarns and Their Mechanical Properties

Core-spun yarns represent an advanced class of textile structures in which a robust central filament is enveloped by a sheath of staple fibres. This hybrid construction offers superior mechanical ...
Forbes

400,000 Pairs Of Old Socks Will Be Spun Into Recycled Yarn For Material Return, Smartwool Project

What comes after Earth Day? An avalanche of socks. A North Carolina nonprofit called Material Return has teamed with Smartwool, a major American clothing producer, to collect 400,000 pairs of socks ...
Business Recorder

Spun yarn varieties: New customs’ values on imports notified

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has issued new customs values on the import of polyester spun yarn, viscose spun yarn, acrylic spun yarn and blends thereof from China, ...
The New York Times

Here’s How to Keep Your Cat Forever

Should you have your dog spun into yarn? Yes. By Molly Oswaks After I learned that Frances, my 13-year-old black cat, was dying of heart disease — her heart is too large, beating too fast — my first ...
Down East Magazine

Bartlettyarns Keeps Spinning the Old-Fashioned Way

Perched on the bank of Higgins Stream, 20 miles north of Skowhegan in the tiny village of Harmony, the Bartlettyarns woolen mill looks every bit its age. The metal siding, though freshly painted blue, ...