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

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

Fine dark blue chenille or dark blue Berlin wool, ribbed with silver tinsel.

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

Pins No. 9, double Berlin wool, or 4-thread fleecy, cast on 252 stitches with white. 1st row—Make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together; this is the stitch throughout the Polka.

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

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 George Manville Fenn

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