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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / yarns | | French term or phrase: mouliné | | There is not much context as it's a caption in a book about textiles trends. "Nouveaux moulinés"... am I right in thinking it stays in French? |
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| | Mouliné | Explanation:
is also the name of a yarn and pattern shop in Montreal :
http://www.moulineyarns.com/
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Note added at 40 mins (2009-11-24 11:25:22 GMT)
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For embroidery, however:
Le coton mouliné est un coton mercerisé composé de 6 brins que l'on sépare pour broder. Il est utilisé en général en 1 ou 2 brins pour le point de croix et les points de broderie traditionnelle.
http://www.mesplusbellescreations.com/vente/8/lexique.html
Le coton mouliné
Le coton mouliné est le fil le plus couramment utilisé. Composé de 6 brins divisibles et légèrement torsadés, il est brillant et agréable à travailler. Le choix des couleurs est extraordinaire (428 couleurs). Elles sont par ailleurs garanties grand teint.
On n'utilise en général que 2 ou 3 brins de mouliné pour broder. Cette indication est toujours mentionnée sur les diagrammes.
http://www.bluemarguerite.com/lexique-(3336).cml
The latter being "mouliné embroidery floss", it would appear:
Finca Mouline six-strand embroidery floss, also known as Article O5, is available for purchase as individual skeins. Prescencia Finca flosses have been ...
crossstitch.about.com/od/embroideryfloss/.../fincapresencia.htm |
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xxxBourth
Local time: 09:24
| Grading comment I left it in French and kept the accent, haven't had any negative feedback from the client (so far!) so I think it works. Thanks to all the answerers!
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11 mins confidence:   stranded
Explanation:
'maille moulinée' is 'stranded knit' or what we used to call 'random' when Mum used to knit our cardigans... it's when the knitting wool changes colour along the yarn which creates a 'random' effect in the knitted item.
|  Gail Bond
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 31
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31 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 Mouliné
Explanation:
is also the name of a yarn and pattern shop in Montreal :
http://www.moulineyarns.com/
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Note added at 40 mins (2009-11-24 11:25:22 GMT)
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For embroidery, however:
Le coton mouliné est un coton mercerisé composé de 6 brins que l'on sépare pour broder. Il est utilisé en général en 1 ou 2 brins pour le point de croix et les points de broderie traditionnelle.
http://www.mesplusbellescreations.com/vente/8/lexique.html
Le coton mouliné
Le coton mouliné est le fil le plus couramment utilisé. Composé de 6 brins divisibles et légèrement torsadés, il est brillant et agréable à travailler. Le choix des couleurs est extraordinaire (428 couleurs). Elles sont par ailleurs garanties grand teint.
On n'utilise en général que 2 ou 3 brins de mouliné pour broder. Cette indication est toujours mentionnée sur les diagrammes.
http://www.bluemarguerite.com/lexique-(3336).cml
The latter being "mouliné embroidery floss", it would appear:
Finca Mouline six-strand embroidery floss, also known as Article O5, is available for purchase as individual skeins. Prescencia Finca flosses have been ...
crossstitch.about.com/od/embroideryfloss/.../fincapresencia.htm
| xxxBourth
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 100
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| | Grading comment | I left it in French and kept the accent, haven't had any negative feedback from the client (so far!) so I think it works. Thanks to all the answerers! |
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