Fiber Arts Vocabulary

noun a domesticated ruminant animal with a thick woolly coat and typically kept for wool or meat

verb N/A

adjective N/A

adverb N/A

pronoun N/A

preposition N/A

conjunction N/A

interjection N/A

article N/A

• The farmer herded the sheep into the pen for shearing.
• There were so many sheep in the field, it was a real woolly party!
• Let's count sheep to help us fall asleep.
• The politician was surrounded by sheep who blindly followed her every word.

noun the fiber of this plant, used in making ropes and fabrics

• Abaca is a type of banana plant native to the Philippines, valued for its strong fibers.
• My grandmother loves to knit with abaca yarn because it's so durable.
• I heard abaca is the new trendy material for eco-friendly fashion.
• The abaca of our friendship is unbreakable, just like the fibers of the plant.

noun small, typically cylindrical object around which thread is wound for use in sewing or weaving

• The seamstress carefully wound the thread around the bobbins before starting to sew.
• I can't find any spare bobbins for my sewing machine, do you have any?
• I'm all bobbinsed up with this project, it's taking forever to finish!
• Her mind was a jumble of thoughts, like a tangled mess of bobbins.