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Textile & Yarn Counts

Specialised industrial units of length-per-weight from the cotton and wool mills of Northern England.

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🧵 Textile & Yarn Counts

Specialised industrial units of length-per-weight from the cotton and wool mills of Northern England.

Textile & Yarn Counts

Bolt

A traditional commercial standard representing a full, finished roll of woven fabric or canvas, traditionally measuring exactly 40 yards of textile material.

40 yards = 36.58 metres

Textile & Yarn Counts

Hank

A fixed length of yarn rolled into a coil (840 yards for cotton, 560 yards for wool).

Cotton: 840 yards; Wool: 560 yards

Textile & Yarn Counts

Lea

A smaller subdivision of a hank used in textile mills (120 yards for cotton).

Cotton: 120 yards (109.7 metres)

Textile & Yarn Counts

Spool

A traditional commercial unit of length used primarily for heavy linen and hemp yarn, representing 1,440 yards (12 leas) of wound material.

1,440 yards (12 leas)

Textile & Yarn Counts

Spyndle

A major wholesale unit of length used in early industrial spinning mills, representing 14,400 yards (48 leas) of wound thread.

14,400 yards (48 leas)

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