Raising Plains

Raising Plains
RAISING PLAINS
Cotton cloth, plain weave, made with hard-spun warp and coarse, soft-spun weft, such as 56 ends and 52 picks per inch. 32's warp, 10's weft. Also known as " waste plains."

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