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Esoteric Weaves and Hidden Threads
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Textile made by beating inner tree bark into pliable sheets
  • 2. Obscure looped selvage style named after an industrial city — often forgotten
  • 3. Japanese fabric wrapping technique doubling as reusable packaging
  • 4. Sufi spiritual embroidery, named after a mystic brotherhood
  • 5. French embroidery style veiling motifs beneath sheer fabric
  • 7. Japanese braiding art creating cords with complex patterns and strength
  • 12. Narrow woven silk, traditionally produced in Tamil Nadu’s temple towns
  • 14. Rare Scandinavian tapestry technique involving layered weft textures
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  • 6. Decorative puckering stitch, often forming geometric motifs on garments
  • 8. Fiber often used in basketry, derived from palm leaves
  • 9. Handwoven cotton fabric from India with characteristic floral motifs
  • 10. Gathered embroidery technique creating elastic surface textures
  • 11. Resist-dyeing method where bindings birth kaleidoscopic chaos
  • 13. Japanese tie-dyeing with intricate folds and clamps producing patterns
  • 15. Indian running stitch that revives old textiles with layered tales

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