Berlin wool

American  

noun

1. a soft woolen yarn for embroidery or knitting.

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Etymology

Origin of Berlin wool

1840–50; after Berlin, Germany, where such wools were originally dyed

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Example Sentences

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Berlin wool

Yellow ochre-coloured Berlin wool, spun on black silk.

From Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies by Charles Edward Walker

You must have heard," she said, laying hold, because she was afraid, of the first words that came into her head, "of Berlin wool.

From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim

If Berlin wool is used, a piece should be broken off and the strands separated from each other.

From Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies by Charles Edward Walker

These designs are generally, however, wanting in grace, and their German feeling shows them to be the precursors of the Berlin wool patterns.

From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford

Each square is a different color in Berlin wool; colors violet, green, scarlet, stone, blue, and orange, 6 shades of each color and black; work 2 rounds of each shade.

From Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations by ?l?onore Riego de la Branchardi?re

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