Now comes the mule spinning. The roping passes through rolls by which
it is drawn and twisted to the size required, and wound on paper cop
tubes or bobbins. Such of the yarn as is to be used for warp is then
spooled from the bobbins to dresser spools. It is sized and wound upon
large reels: from these transferred to the warp beam, as in the case of
worsteds.
The processes of drawing-in, preparation for weaving, burling and
mending are practically the same as in the case of worsteds.
~HOW THE CLOTH IS MADE PERFECT~
The finishing processes of woolens, like the finishing processes of
worsteds, vary with different fabrics, some fabrics being scoured and
cleansed in the washers before fulling, others going to the fulling
mill without cleansing. After fulling, the cloth is again washed
and rinsed, and if necessary to remove any vegetable fibres it is
carbonized.
Napping or gigging raises the fibres to the nap desired. Gigging is
done by means of a wire napping machine or teasel gig, which raises
the ends of the fibres on the face of the cloth. The teasel is a
vegetable product about the shape of a pine cone, and it is interesting
to note that no mechanical contrivance has ever been invented to equal
it for the purpose.
[Illustration: SPINNING THE WOOL