Talk:Muslin

message: I'm trying to find a definition for mousselin, which I take to be some sort of meat product (cf. consommé). Could muslin somehow be integral to its manufacture? — Nahum Reduta [talk|contribs] 08:28, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mousselin 

message: Can anyone knowledgeable talk about the actual weave of the muslin fabric?  I am trying to understand the difference in weaves between common fabrics.  Is it a plain weave like percale? Thanks. Drawn Some (talk) 17:07, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Weave

message: In the UK muslin refers to a very fine cotton fabric with an open weave, like a lightweight gauze. It is virtually transparent. It may have entered fashion as a substitute for fine silk which it resembles, and was essential for creating the greco-roman look so favoured in the Regency period. Because of its near transparency it would normally be worn over a petticoat, although the more racy youngsters amongst the upper classes would wear muslin gowns without underwear and even dampen them.
It is similar in weave to the fabric known in the UK as cheese cloth. Because of its open weave Muslin was often used to strain fruit jellies. Such a jelly sieve was referred to as a muslin.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.244.192 (talk) 16:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering about this - what we call muslin in the UK is not something I would call 'finely-woven' - it's a fine cloth, as you say, but with a rather loose weave. Are we talking about completely different things? Calico (textile) suggests that this article is about what we call calico in Britain, but I've never actually come across that so I don't know! --Oolong (talk) 15:50, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah in NZ we call cheesecloth "muslin" and it doesn't seem like thats the same fabric this article refers to! Also, I've never heard calico called "mutton cloth" here! O_o 121.73.100.30 (talk) 23:22, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

text: I have no idea why the Americans call unbleached calico muslin. Muslin is a completely different cloth, like a Gauze. Most likely it is because we only exported printed Calico to them, and when they came across the other kind, they needed a different word and picked on muslin in error.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.26.46 (talk) 12:32, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

text: "Cambric muslin" had a denser weave. Perhaps that was similar to a calico.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.170.240.10 (talk) 11:22, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: United Kingdom

message: It would be excellent if someone could expand on the origin and various pronunciations of muslin, particularly by region.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.150.45.231 (talk) 20:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology and pronunciation

message: This section is very US-centred. In dressmaking in the UK, at least, what is referred to here as making a muslin, would be called making a "Toile." This would be made of unbleached Calico, or what is called muslin in the US. It would be more accurate to say this:
 
When sewing clothing, a dressmaker may test the fit of a garment, using an inexpensive fabric such as Muslin(US)/Calico before cutting the intended expensive fabric, thereby avoiding potential costly mistakes. This garment is often called a "muslin" in America, and a "toile" elsewhere, and the process is called "making a muslin (or toile)". With the availability of inexpensive synthetic fabrics, which closely resemble the hand (drape and feel) of expensive natural fabrics, a test or fitting garment made of synthetics may still be referred to as a muslin or toile, because the words have become the generic terms for a test or fitting garment in and outside the US respectively.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.170.240.10 (talk) 11:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-Clothing Uses

message: Isn't muslin gauge quite common all around in medical use, e.g. for dressing wounds?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.216.20.51 (talk) 07:35, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Medical use

message: If muslin were used to wrap a pudding for boiling, it would become very soggy. The correct cloth for wrapping a pudding for boiling is a close woven cloth such as calico. This is first boiled and then floured so that the surface is sealed to prevent the water getting in. You could not do this with muslin as the weave is too loose. Since Christmas Pudding is usually thought of as British, and the British would not call this type of cloth muslin, this is rather misleading and should be moved to a page about calico. 151.170.240.10 (talk) 16:01, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Culinary uses

message: Muslin was used as a round-ball patch supplied in preloaded cartidges for the Mississippi Rifle, officially known as the Model 1841 U.S. Rifled Musket.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hara-jo (talk • contribs) 01:06, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Muslin as bullet-patch 

message: Okay so that headline is a bit cheeky, but you get my point. Perhaps this page should link to Muslim. 198.96.35.189 (talk) 12:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite how ridiculous your header is, I've added a tag for this. -- Fyrael (talk) 23:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obama is not fabric 

message: [Note: I found that this text had been added to the article and accordingly placed it here. A. Parrot (talk) 06:04, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: BIG PROBLEM

message: The article currently states
Brutality to muslin weavers was intense, William Bolts noting in 1772 that "instances have been known of their cutting off their thumbs to prevent their being forced to wind silk."[13]:194 
The cited reference actually says
.. the winders of raw silk, called Nagaads, have been treated also with such injustic, that instances have been known of their cutting off their thumbs, to prevent their being forced to wind silk"
As awful as this sounds, that seems to have nothing to do with muslin, since it's winders of silk rather than cotton. NotYourFathersOldsmobile (talk) 21:20, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation differs from article 

message: The history of Muslin is elaborated with subsets. and regards RAJIVVASUDEV (talk) 04:36, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section history