80% superwash Bluefaced Leicester, 20% nylon, high twist yarn.
Named after the Scots.
n. A twist.
dim. twistle twɪsl, twʌsl

v. To twist.

twister: n. A twister.

Compounds and phrases etc.

twistle-heuk -høk, -çjuk, -çjʌk col. ’twi:zlɪk: an instrument for twisting straw or rush ropes