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Glossary

What is Slub?

A thick, uneven lump in a yarn; a fault on a smooth-yarn order, but a deliberate design feature on an order specifically requesting a textured, slub-yarn look.

This term in other languages

Arabicسلوب (كتلة خيط)
FrenchBouclette (slub)
TurkishSlab (iplik yumrusu)

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Common yarn faults and how they show up in fabric

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