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... nits ... little balls of material, from the warps and woofs
I think I've always referred to that phemonemon (the little balls, not the picking them off) as "pilling," which would make the little balls pills. ofTroy? You're our resource on knitting and weaving and such.
And speaking of nit-picking, in my experience it's always been a "fine-toothed comb". Anybody want to run a quick informal geographic distribution survey? My exposure is NYC/Boston area, mostly.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fine tooth comb robbiesmith 07/06/04 12:50 PM Re: Fine tooth comb AnnaStrophic 07/06/04 02:01 PM Re: Fine tooth comb of troy 07/06/04 07:44 PM Re: Fine tooth comb Owlbow 07/07/04 11:19 AM pilling, teeth wofahulicodoc 07/09/04 12:19 PM Re: pilling, teeth Owlbow 07/09/04 01:42 PM Re: hyphens AnnaStrophic 07/09/04 02:02 PM Pulled, tooth musick 07/09/04 03:49 PM Re: fine tooth(ed) comb Faldage 07/10/04 12:39 PM Re: fine tooth(ed) comb wow 07/10/04 02:27 PM Re: Fine tooth comb TEd Remington 07/09/04 09:58 AM Re: Fine tooth comb robbiesmith 07/09/04 10:02 AM Re: Fine tooth comb TEd Remington 07/09/04 05:22 PM Re: Fine tooth comb musick 07/09/04 06:30 PM Re: Fine-toothed comb AnnaStrophic 07/09/04 10:37 PM Re: Fine-toothed comb Zed 07/09/04 10:40 PM
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