Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 13, 2006 19:03
17 yrs ago
French term
United States
l’échevette
French to English
Other
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Crochet/Jewelry Making
Besides "skein" is there another common way to translate "l’échevette"? Below is the context. It's found at the end of instructions for making a collar.
A la fin du travail, à l’aide d’une aiguille à laine, faire passer les fils mémoire à l’intérieur de l’échevette et faire un nœud
A la fin du travail, à l’aide d’une aiguille à laine, faire passer les fils mémoire à l’intérieur de l’échevette et faire un nœud
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | hank |
Rachel Fell
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| 3 +1 | the skein |
Francis MARC
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| 3 +1 | hank |
Cervin
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| 3 +1 | hank |
suezen
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May 25, 2008 10:50: Rachel Fell Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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hank
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Cut along the pulled thread. On a woven plaid, cut along a crosswise thread at the edge of a ... With scrap yarn, tie around the yarn hank in 3 or 4 places. ...
www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Articles/before_you_sew_kn...
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Yarn Wool Winders and Yarn Swifts - Angelika's Yarn Store
Yarn Store, Crochet and Machine Knitting Logo, Yarn Store, Yarn, knitting, ... Comment: We do not recommend you wind off your hank of yarn into a ball until ...
www.yarn-store.com/yarn-winders-and-swifts.
Cut along the pulled thread. On a woven plaid, cut along a crosswise thread at the edge of a ... With scrap yarn, tie around the yarn hank in 3 or 4 places. ...
www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Articles/before_you_sew_kn...
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Note added at 32 mins (2006-08-13 19:36:13 GMT)
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Yarn Wool Winders and Yarn Swifts - Angelika's Yarn Store
Yarn Store, Crochet and Machine Knitting Logo, Yarn Store, Yarn, knitting, ... Comment: We do not recommend you wind off your hank of yarn into a ball until ...
www.yarn-store.com/yarn-winders-and-swifts.
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Comment: "I think this is it. The picture looks sort of how the pattern explains the work.
Thanks to all."
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28 mins
the skein
Termium:
Domaine(s)
– Thread Spinning (Textiles)
– Textile Industries
Domaine(s)
– Filature
– Industries du textile
skein Source
échevette Source
OBS – --an appreciable length of yarn
or thread that has been wound onto a
reel or swift from some machine or
device [ --may be reeled, twisted, and
put into commercial form ] Source
OBS – --longueur fixe de fil dévidée
sur le moulin d'un dévidoir, et dont les
2 extrémités sont liées ensemble.
Source
Domaine(s)
– Thread Spinning (Textiles)
– Textile Industries
Domaine(s)
– Filature
– Industries du textile
skein Source
échevette Source
OBS – --an appreciable length of yarn
or thread that has been wound onto a
reel or swift from some machine or
device [ --may be reeled, twisted, and
put into commercial form ] Source
OBS – --longueur fixe de fil dévidée
sur le moulin d'un dévidoir, et dont les
2 extrémités sont liées ensemble.
Source
+1
32 mins
+1
33 mins
hank
Certified Crochet Instructor, Certified Knitting Instructor, Certified Master Knitter ... With scrap yarn, tie around the yarn hank in 3 or 4 places. ...
www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Articles/before_you_sew_kn... - 36k
Wind the plied yarn into a hank by wrapping the yarn around and around, hand to elbow, ...
www.anniesattic.com/crochet/content.html?content_id=433 - 23k
www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Articles/before_you_sew_kn... - 36k
Wind the plied yarn into a hank by wrapping the yarn around and around, hand to elbow, ...
www.anniesattic.com/crochet/content.html?content_id=433 - 23k
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