The other class is made from longer staple wool, combed, and drawn
until the fibers are parallel, then hard twisted. When woven the ends
of the threads do not project on the surface, and the finish is not
intended to cover the weave, hence it is more difficult to adulterate
unless entire cotton threads were woven with the worsted, and these are
more easily detected than a mixture of cotton and wool, or shoddy in
woolen cloth. Common examples of woolens are flannels, broadcloth and
venetian cloth; of worsteds, serge, challie, men’s suitings and voile.
Mohair is a worsted cloth woven of the wool of the Angora goat, with a
warp usually of cotton or silk.
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