Two pieces of velvet must be woven at the same time. They are then cut apart and the two lengths of fabric are wound on separate take-up rolls. Looms which weave velvet must have two takeup rolls.
Velvet's knitted counterpart is velour[?]. Velvet was very expensive. Corduroy[?] and velveteen[?], when first produced, were considered the "poor man's velvet".
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