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Examples
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I'd always imagined that the tufts looked like trimmed candlewicks - although a quick search on "candlewicking" suggests that the cotton thread used for candlewicks was also used for the tufting technique.
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She never did candlewicking, although she told me that it was a technique that was used extensively throughout Colonial New England down to Pennsylvania.
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When we made our tallow dips or rough candles, we took the candlewicking and wound it around from our hand to our elbow, then cut it through.
Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various
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I'm probably never going to do candlewicking, either.
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I'm probably never going to do candlewicking, either.
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