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(18-03-2018, 09:13 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Pff I can't access my own link anymore, I hate when sites do that "session timed out" kind of thing. They had the names of the plants in the legend, and this one said "teasel" in French.
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-JKP- > 19-03-2018, 02:13 AM
(18-03-2018, 08:13 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The roots of teasel in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (15thC Constantinople) reminded me of the roots of this plant:
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Diane > 19-03-2018, 03:39 PM
Quote:Fuller's teasel (the cultivar group Dipsacus fullonum Sativus Group; syn. D. sativus) was formerly widely used in textile processing, providing a natural comb for cleaning, aligning and raising the nap on fabrics, particularly wool.
It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines on the seed heads. The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that is, to tease the fibres).
By the 20th century, teasels had been largely replaced by metal cards, ...[but] some people who weave wool still prefer to use teasels for raising the nap...
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