Pioneer spinning and weaving
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How the pioneers made linen from flax. Carding and preparing the linen thread and weaving it into cloth. How the pioneers prepared and used wool. Looms and spinning wheels., Illustrates how linen, wool, and linsey-woolsey fabrics were made from material found or grown on the farm; follows the processing of flax into linen thread from harvesting to the actual spinning of the thread; pictures the shearing of sheep, the cleaning and carding of fleece, and the spinning of woolen thread; demonstrates the weaving and dyeing of cloth; and discusses the uses of wool, linen, and linsey-woolsey cloth.
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How the pioneers made linen from flax. Carding and preparing the linen thread and weaving it into cloth. How the pioneers prepared and used wool. Looms and spinning wheels., Illustrates how linen, wool, and linsey-woolsey fabrics were made from material found or grown on the farm; follows the processing of flax into linen thread from harvesting to the actual spinning of the thread; pictures the shearing of sheep, the cleaning and carding of fleece, and the spinning of woolen thread; demonstrates the weaving and syeing of cloth; and discusses the uses of wool, linen, and linsey-woolsey cloth., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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