Harris Yarn

Harris Yarn
HARRIS YARN
Hand-spun yarns used in the making of Harris tweeds. It is spun reverse twist (open-band). The Harris islanders will not use cross-band yarns because they fear their customers might think the yarns were not hand-spun.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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