Victoria

Victoria may refer to:. Ragg is a sturdy wool fibre made into yarn and used in many rugged applications like gloves. . This process was invented in the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire and created a micro-economy in this area for many years. Victoria (novel), an 1898 novel. Such yarns are typically used as weft yarns with a cotton warp. Victoria (theatre), an international theatre group, based in Belgium [1]. The recycled wool may be mixed with raw wool, wool noil, or another fibre such as cotton to increase the average fibre length.

Victoria's Secret - a popular lingerie store. As this process makes the wool fibres shorter, the remanufactured fabric is inferior to the original. Victoria National Golf Club at Victoria, Indiana. To make shoddy, existing wool fabric is cut or torn apart and respun. Victoria (game), a PC RTS game released by Paradox Entertainment. Shoddy is recycled or remanufactured wool. Victoria Cross, British medal. Ancient Greeks lined their helmets with felt and Roman legionnaires used breastplates made of wool felt.

Victoria (beer) (disambiguation). Wool felt covers piano hammers and it is used to absorb odors and noise in heavy machinery and stereo speakers. 12 Victoria, an asteroid discovered in 1850 by John Russell Hind. In addition to clothing, wool has been used for carpeting, felt, and upholstery. Victoria (carriage) An open carriage named after the queen. (source). Victoria Terminus, the former name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on the Mumbai Suburban Railway. These small scale farmers may raise any type of sheep they wish, so the selection of fleeces is quite wide.

The Vickers Victoria troop transport aircraft of the RAF. There is also a thriving 'home flock' contingent of small scale farmers who raise small hobby flocks of specialty sheep for the handspinning market. Victoria station (disambig). In the United States, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado also have large commercial sheep flocks and their mainstay is the Rambouillet (or French Merino). Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Breeds such as Lincoln and Romney produce coarser fibres and wool of these sheep is usually used for making carpets. Victoria (scooter), a former German motorcycle and motorscooter brand. Most Australian wool comes from the merino breed.

Victoria class submarine, a class of Canadian submarine. Australia, China and New Zealand are leading commercial producers of wool. Lake Victoria ferry. Global wool production is approximately 1.3 million tonnes per annum of which 60% goes into apparel. MV Princess Victoria, a ferry which sank disastrously in 1953. Australia's colonial economy was based on sheep raising and the Australian wool trade eventually overtook that of the Germans by 1845. Victoria (ship), the first ship to circumnavigate the globe. German wool—based on sheep of Spanish origin—did not overtake British wool until comparatively late.

Victoria (waterlily), the waterlily genus. Spain allowed export of Merino lambs only with royal permission. (Lake) Victoria perch. In the Renaissance, Medicis of Florence built their wealth and banking system on wool trade with the aid of the Arte della Lana, the wool guild. Victoria Park (disambiguation). In 1699 English crown forbade its American colonies to trade wool with anyone else but England itself. Several Victoria Peaks, see Victoria Peak (disambiguation). The smuggling of wool out of the country, known as owling, was at one time punishable by the cutting off of a hand.

Victoria Square, Adelaide, Australia. Over the centuries, various British laws controlled the wool trade or required the use of wool even in burials. Lake Victoria, Africa. English wool exports - which bordered on European monopoly - were a significant source of income to the crown. Victoria Falls, Africa. In medieval times, the wool trade was serious business. La Victoria de Acentejo, municipality in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). Prior to invention of shears - probably in the Iron Age - they probably plucked the wool out by hand or by bronze combs.

23,000, on the main island Mahe. As the raw material has been readily available since the widespread domestication of sheep and similar animals, the use of wool for clothing and other fabrics dates back to some of the earliest civilizations. Victoria, Seychelles, capital of the Seychelles, pop. . Victoria, Virginia. The finer diameters are generally more valuable. Victoria County, Texas. The fibre diameter of wool varies from 15 micrometres (superfine merino) to 30 or more micrometres for the coarser wools.

Victoria, Texas. The quality of fleece is determined by a technique known as wool classing, whereby a qualified woolclasser tries to group wools of similar gradings together to maximise the return for the farmer or sheep owner. Victoria, Minnesota. The latter four are packaged and sold separately. Victoria, Kansas. After shearing, the wool is separated into five main categories: fleece (which makes up the vast bulk), pieces, bellies, crutchings and locks. Victoria, Indiana. The grease is generally removed for processing by scouring with detergent and alkali.

Victoria, Illinois. In this state it can be worked into yarn or knitted into water-resistant mittens, such as those of the Aran Island fishermen. Victoria, Arkansas. Wool straight off a sheep contains a high level of grease (thus "greasy wool") which contains valuable lanolin. Belfast Victoria (UK Parliament constituency). Wool is generally a creamy white colour, although some breeds of sheep produce natural colors such as black, brown (also called moorit) and grey. Victoria, Newport, Wales. The relative amounts of kemp to wool vary from breed to breed, and make some fleeces more desirable for spinning, felting or carding into batts for quilts or other insulating products.

Victoria, Newbury, a ward of Newbury, Berkshire. On sheep, the hair part of the fleece is called kemp. Victoria, Gauteng. Hair, by contrast, has little if any scale and no crimp and little ability to bind into yarn. Victoria, Romania. A fine wool like merino may have up to a hundred crimps per inch, where the coarser wools like karakul may have as few as one to two crimps per inch. Victorias City. The amount of crimp corresponds with the fineness of the wool fibres.

Victoria, Tarlac. Insulation also works both ways; bedouins and tuaregs use wool clothes to keep the heat out. Victoria, Oriental Mindoro. Because of the crimp, wool fabrics have a greater bulk than other textiles and retain air, which causes the product to retain heat. Victoria, Northern Samar. They help the individual fibres attach to each other so that they stay together. Victoria, Laguna. Both the scaling and the crimp make it possible to spin and felt the fleece.

Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas. Most of the fibre from domestic sheep has two qualities that distinguish it from hair or fur: it has scales which overlap like shingles on a roof and it is crimped; in some fleeces the wool fibres have more than 20 bends per inch. Victoria, Guanajuato in Guanajuato. Wool is the fibre produced as the outer coat of sheep. Victoria de Durango in Durango. This article deals with the wool produced from domestic sheep. Victoria, Malta (also called Rabat). Wool is the fibre derived from the hair of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep and goats, but the hair of other mammals such as alpacas may also be called wool.

Victoria, Labuan (now officially Bandar Labuan). United States: .77%. Victoria City, one of the first British urban settlements. South Africa: 1%. Victoria, Yoro. Sudan: 2%. Victoria, Grenada city in Grenada. India: 2%.

Victoria de las Tunas, city in Cuba. United Kingdom: 2%. Victoria-Carelton, New Brunswick. Iran: 2%. Victoria, New Brunswick. Turkey: 2%. Victoria, Nova Scotia. Argentina: 3%.

Victoria, British Columbia. New Zealand: 11%. Victoria, Ontario. China: 18%. Victoria, Quebec. Australia: 25% of global wool clip (475 million kg greasy, 2004/2005). Canadian Senate divisions that have used the name Victoria