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Summary

A spool of white all purpose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Thread">thread</a> for sewing. The spool is approximately 3cm in diameter and 3cm high, and contains 123m (135 yards) of thread which is about 0.2mm thick. The thread is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ply" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ply">2-ply</a> construction with right-handed Z-twist, with each ply composed of 37% <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercerized_cotton" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mercerized cotton">mercerized cotton</a> wrapped around a 63% <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyester" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Polyester">polyester</a> monofilament core. Viewing in closeup shows the right-handed Z-twist as well as the tiny individual <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_(textiles)" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Staple (textiles)">staples</a> making up the cotton wrapping. Taken with a Sony A100 camera using a Sony 2.8/100 Macro lens. Multiple lighting sources were used to show texture and sheen. Image has not been edited.

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current08:18, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 08:18, 3 January 20173,872 × 2,592 (1.89 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>A spool of white all purpose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Thread">thread</a> for sewing. The spool is approximately 3cm in diameter and 3cm high, and contains 123m (135 yards) of thread which is about 0.2mm thick. The thread is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ply" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ply">2-ply</a> construction with right-handed Z-twist, with each ply composed of 37% <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercerized_cotton" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mercerized cotton">mercerized cotton</a> wrapped around a 63% <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyester" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Polyester">polyester</a> monofilament core. Viewing in closeup shows the right-handed Z-twist as well as the tiny individual <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_(textiles)" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Staple (textiles)">staples</a> making up the cotton wrapping. Taken with a Sony A100 camera using a Sony 2.8/100 Macro lens. Multiple lighting sources were used to show texture and sheen. Image has not been edited. </p>
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