Decorative twisted thread

…A thread made by twisting two or more threads of different colors, thickness, or tension together to give it a distinctive appearance is called a decorative twisted thread, and mottled thread is one type of decorative twisted thread and is also called a karami thread. A thread made by twisting together two or more single threads of different colors of the same thickness, strictly speaking, two-color threads are called karami threads and three-color threads are called mottled threads, but the distinction is not so strict. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "decorative twisted yarn" is listed below.

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…色，太さ，または張力の異なる2本以上の糸を撚（よ）り合わせて，特有の外観を与える糸を飾撚糸（かざりねんし）と呼ぶが，杢糸は飾撚糸の一つで〈からみ糸〉とも呼ばれる。太さが同じ2種または2種以上の異色の単糸を引きそろえて撚り合わせた糸であり，正確には2色のものをからみ糸，3色のものを杢糸と呼ぶが，それほど厳密に区別されていない。…

※「飾撚糸」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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