Horsehair fabric
Feb 02, 2022
3 minutes
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Weaving cloth from horses’ tails sounds like a non-starter, even in the days when horses were the main form of transport. A horse tail gives no continuous yarn and, unlike linen or cotton, the hair is too springy to spin. There are early mentions of horsehair being made into products such as sieves for flour mills, while John Miners, a textile specialist with an interest in horsehair, has noted references from the
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