A #kantar is the official #Egyptian weight unit for measuring #cotton. It corresponds to the US hundredweight, and is roughly equal to 99.05 #pounds, or 45.02 #kilograms. It is equal to either 157 kilograms of seed cotton or 50 kilograms of lint cotton.
#cotton
Why wool and other natural fibers are superior, plus best techniques to use these textiles on the bed - like forming a heat envelope. Worthwhile!
https://youtu.be/xhoAOK-OwQw?si=m5YIwxvsYfxoAy5w
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#cotton : short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half
- French: coton
- German: die Baumwolle
- Italian: cotone
- Portuguese: algodão
- Spanish: algodón
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Today in Labor History December 20, 1790: The first American cotton mill began operation in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The mill, owned by Samuel Slater, employed children aged 4-10. He also hired entire families, forcing them to live in his company housing and buy all their living necessities from his company store. Ann Arnold, aged 9, was Slater’s first employee. In 1810, he introduced the power loom, which was too much for young children to handle. So, he started hiring the next cheapest labor: young women. By 1835, 55% of all millworkers in the U.S. were children. In the New England mills, the children worked 12-hour days, 6 days per week in the winter. In the summer, they were forced to work 16 hours per day. On Sundays, he forced them to attend his Sunday school, where he indoctrinated them in “Christian values” like hard work and subservience to one’s masters. The children spent twice as many hours in the mill than kids spend in the classroom today. Kids were fined for not working hard enough. But they resisted the abuse whenever they could, sabotaging the factory, setting fires, and stealing property. In 1814, the mill owners petitioned the state to organize a police force to subdue the increasingly rebellious child workforce. 30 years later, on May 26, 1824, 102 young women and children at Slater’s mill initiated the first factory strike on U.S. soil. They, along with sympathetic community members, blockaded access to Slaters mill, shutting down operations and inspiring workers at other nearby mills to join their strike. They also went to the homes of the mill owners, shouting insults and breaking their windows. In early June, the mill owners and the workers came to an agreement, the details of which have been lost to history, and the workers returned to the mills.
Congress tried several times to enact child labor laws in the early 20th century, eventually passing the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which prevented bosses from employing children during school hours, and in dangerous tasks. This law, and some of the earlier attempts, came in the wake of active organizing to protect children, including Mother Jones’s famous March of the Mill Children, in 1903, when she led a contingent of children and supporters from Philadelphia to President Teddy Roosevelt’s summer home, on Long Island, to “ask him to recommend the passage of a bill by congress to protect children against the greed of the manufacturer. We want him to hear the wail of the children, who never have a chance to go to school, but work from ten to eleven hours a day in the textile mills of Philadelphia, weaving the carpets that he and you walk on, and the curtains and clothes of the people.”
Another important contribution to the movement to end child labor came from photograph Lewis Hine, who published a series of photographs of children doing dangerous work in coal mines, glass works, and textile mills. I used his powerful photograph of colliery Breaker Boys for the cover of my first novel, Anywhere But Schuylkill. My protagonist, Mike Doyle, started work in the colliery at age 13. If interested, please send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565), along with your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!
The U.S. never actually protected all children from exploitation. For example, the child labor laws always had exemptions for agricultural labor. And bosses often violated the existing laws, without consequence, including today. Meanwhile, growing numbers of states have passed new laws over the past five years that make it easier for bosses to exploit children and employ them in dangerous jobs.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #children #childlabor #mill #exploitation #cotton #childexploitation #childabuse #lewishine #motherjones #strike #union #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon
How to Choose the Perfect Hoodie Fit for Your Body Type
Listen, I’ve been writing about fashion for two decades, and if there’s one piece that deserves a standing ovation, it’s the humble hoodie. It’s that magical garment that somehow makes everyone feel both comfortable and put-together at the same time. But here’s what I’ve learned from talking to thousands of readers over the years...
https://teenetwork.co/how-to-choose-the-perfect-hoodie/
#hoodie #bodytype #style #beauty #tee #tshirt #fabric #guide #cotton
Turkmenistan Considers Cotton Exports to Kyrgyzstan
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/turkmenistan-considers-cotton-exports-to-kyrgyzstan/
TOTM - COTTON
#totmbkone #talesofthemoment #inmyeyes #triggerhippie #cotton #sunlight #flora #monochrome #photography
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🌱 Dubai ~ Spielplätze ~ Baumwolle ~ Schiffsfarm ~ EcoTrain ~ SAIC IM LS6
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hewego a wee bit better? https://www2.hm.com/en_us/productpage.1260339001.html #organic #cotton #fashion #sustainability less #cancer #chemical on your #pussy
I am SO stealing this idea - knit tiny ornaments from scrap yarn! Maybe all-pastel socks & sweaters for my Ostara wreath, come March? So cute!
Great idea, pic also, is from ShelbyKnits, @shelbyknits.bsky.social ~
#knit #mini #ornaments w #scrap #yarn #doublepoints or #straight #needles #either #way #cute #gift #idea #trim #tree #wreath #trimming #decoration #ball #hank #scrap #yarn #cotton #wool #bamboo #cable #pattern #count #stitch #color #work #bobbins #crochet #knitting #knitter #knit #purl
Considering buying some cotton flannel fabric to make some long pyjama bottoms - but one of the sewing patterns I have explicitly states that it should not be made with "cotton flannel fabrics" which apparently ,"burn readily".
I was not aware that cotton flannel was especially flammable ! 👀
BRAZIL has entered the next TECH LEVEL
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1502613/brazil-has-entered-the-next-tech-level
Cotton bales on gin platform. Robstown, Texas
#Cotton #Robstown #Texas #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
![The black and white photograph depicts a rustic farm setting with agricultural equipment. In the foreground, to the left, stands a large grain silo made of corrugated metal sheets, indicative of its use for storing harvested crops or grains. The building appears aged but sturdy.
To the right is a barn-like structure that extends into the background. It has multiple rows of windows and an overhanging roof supported by beams; part of it seems to be partially open with items possibly inside or in front of it, including what looks like machinery related to farming operations.
The central focus of this photograph is on cotton bales stacked neatly atop a platform connected directly beneath the barn. The platforms are constructed from wooden planks and support several columns that elevate them off the ground, likely for ventilation purposes while storing such heavy goods.
This setting suggests an agricultural processing or storage facility during what could be late 19th to early 20th-century times in rural America based on architectural style and lack of modern technology. The presence of cotton bales indicates this might have been a locale where cotton was processed before distribution, possibly for regional use or export.
Notably, the sky is overcast, providing diffuse lighting without harsh shadows that enhance details within these monochromatic tones. There's no visible activity from people in the photo, giving it a sta [...]](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/592/356/459/394/882/original/4dbee837020f603d.jpeg)
Cotton The Fabric of Cozy Mornings. The Fabric of Our Lives.® commercial
#Cotton #abancommercials #commercial Video Cotton The Fabric of Cozy Mornings. The Fabric of Our Lives.® commercial, actor, actress, girl, cast, song
https://abancommercials.com/cotton/the-fabric-cozy-mornings-fabric-our-lives-commercial/284945/
Fashion: https://www.aurianneor.org/fashion/
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La vérité c'est Cotton
Chanson en soutien à Christine Cotton qui, comme Reiner Fuellmich, a frappé le Titan de la destruction.
Chanson en diffusion sur la webRadio Les bouffons du peuple : https://lesbouffonsdupleuple.radio12345.com/
#covid #ChristineCotton #Cotton #ReinerFuellmich #verite #musique #chanson #music
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