1.   Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film, carpets and circular knitted fabrics.

2.   Charlotte, North Carolina-based Ruddick makes yarn, thread and business forms.

3.   Fast disappearing is a traditional way of life, from raising sheep for wool used to make yarn to collecting plants to make dyes.

4.   The word has a bit more snap than spinner, which can be deeded over to the people who make yarn and take fantasy bike trips at the gym.

5.   When rayon was first made, the cellulose sources were wood pulp and short cotton fibers that were not long enough to go into making yarn.