Yosef Karo, Translation:Shulchan Aruch — Orach Chaim 11…
“ Paragraph 1 — The [fringe] strings have to be spun for their purpose. [1] Rem"a: Some authorities are stringent to even comb them for their purpose. And the custom is to be lenient regarding combing. (Mordechai; Agudah, Section 23) [The spinner] should say at the start of the spinning that he is doing it for the purpose of fringes. Or he should say to a woman [who doing the spinning] "spin me fringes for a shawl." And if the strings were not spun for their purpose, they are unfit. ”
