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be merely fulled and dyed, it makes but little difference 

 whether the finest wool is in the warp or filling, except 

 that which is twisted the least will full the fastest. 



In weaving flannel to be fulled, it should be layed wide 

 at least a yard the wider the better, and well beat up ; 

 get in all the filling you can, and then your cloth may be 

 well fulled and still be of good width, so as to cut to ad- 

 vantage. 



If you wish linsey fulled, observe the same rules as to 

 the filling, as for flannel ; but it makes no difference 

 whether the wool is coarse or fine, so k is all nearly 

 alike. 



If you want to put pulled wool into the same piece or 

 web with shorn wool, fill it on to one end, so that it can 

 be cut off if it is likely to be troublesome in fulling. 



It is common in some places for people to dye their 

 cloth before it is fulled ; but it is a bad practice it fulls 

 much harder, and a portion of the dye is beaten out in the 

 operation. Again, wool takes dye much easier after being 

 fulled, and make it whatever color you will, it will be 

 much more brilliant if dyed after being fulled. 



TO DYE BLACK. 



Take a pound of logwood to each pound of goods to be 

 colored. Soak it twelve hours in rain-water ; then boil 

 an hour. Strain the water in which.it was boiled. 



Then take an ounce of blue vitriol for each pound of 

 logwood dissolve it in sufficient water to wet the goods. 

 Dip the goods in it ; when wet, turn the whole into the 

 logwood dye. 



If the goods are cotton they must be boiled fifteen min- 

 utes taking care to stir them all the time. Silk and 

 woollen should not be boiled ; but should be kept in the 

 water at scalding heat for twenty minutes. 



