See what you mean but still...
It's the best explanation so far but I fibres cannot be too short because they were in a criss-cross pattern as I recall which means that they had to be longer than at least one or two criss-cross sections - will investigate. Damn those spinning jennies. Up with the Luddites!
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Tue 20 Sep 2016, 8:27, Reply)