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Answer for the clue "Twisted yarn ", 6 letters:
crewel

Alternative clues for the word crewel

Word definitions for crewel in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. n. Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crewel \Crew"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Usage examples of crewel.

Vivid Brueghels hanging on the walls, Jacobean furniture, Linenfold paneled doors, Crewel drapes.

So they sat with their embroidery, doing a few stitches of crewel or stumpwork, sighing and yawning often with poorly concealed boredom.

She brought a basket of pink and gray crewels with her, for she was crocheting a jacket -- for the cat, probably, judging by the size of it.

Or the oak-fly, the body of which is orange colour and black crewel, with a brown wing.

First for a Mayfly: you may make his body with greenish-coloured crewel, or willowish colour.