Hank (textile)

Hank ( British English for " strand "), even Lespe was an Anglo-Saxon measure of length for yarn that was regionally -and material- dependent bound. It is still used as a measure of length for natural casings.

As a measure of yarn

When winding the yarn on the Zählhaspel, also called Weife successively each regionally different number of so-called thread (english thread ) to a " container " (English lea, cut or wrap) has been tied up or tied (hence the name " container "). A certain amount of container eventually formed the finished skein. A filament was measured by a full rotation of a reel. The thread length was therefore depends on the size of the reel, which in turn was also determined by the material of the measured yarn, ie cotton, wool, linen or hemp.

Garnnummerierung

Depending on the material of the yarn, the measure was also used to determine the yarn count. The number of Hanks or Leas per 1 avoirdupois pound was the English yarn number.

• Yarn No. 10: 8400 yards / pound ( 7680.8 Meter/453, 5,924,277 grams)
• Yarn No. 50: 42,000 yards / Pound
• Yarn No. 100: 84,000 yards / Pound
• Yarn No. 200: 168,000 yards / Pound
• Yarn No. 350: 294,000 yards / Pound

Linen

Cotton yarn

Worsted

Maschinengarn

Or

Also possible:

Very fine yarns were coiled on a 1 ½ - reel.

Scottish Haspelmaß

As a measure for natural casings

Intestines of sheep and pigs for meat production are in packs of 1 Hank = 100 yards = approx 91 meters - as the sum of partial lengths - traded.