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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Berlin wool

Had he been an elderly one, he would have written folios by the post, and covered acres of canvas with dogs in worsted, and tigers in Berlin wool.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

I had plenty of crochet cotton, and bobbin, and Berlin wool; but then, they were none of them strong enough.

From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville

But if there is one thing that I despise and deprecate, it is all such figures in Berlin wool.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

When she came back with metropolitan dresses, and sundry 194 trophies in the way of Poonah painting and Berlin wool work, she held herself above and aloof from all her old companions, and especially Suneva.

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Border white with black spots, middle violet or scarlet, pins No. 8, Berlin wool, cast on 116 stitches.

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