­When making clothes before the 19th century, one important tool was the spinning wheel. The spinning wheel helped improve the task of turning fabric into thread that, again, would be used to make ...

Waltin (Knit (Spin) Sweden!) delivers an informative guide to spinning wool from start to finish. First, she discusses wool characteristics of various sheep breeds, pointing out that the Gute sheep’s ...

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Cathy Lambrecht, the grandmother of a student at Loveland Community Preschool, visited classes to teach the younger generation about spinning wool on Tuesday. “I think it’s important for kids to know ...

This workshop is open to attendees of the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies who sign up during registration. The study of medieval textile labor highlights intimate connections between ...

4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

This spinning performance lasted 28 hours, though not on a stationary bike. Isabel “Iz” Horgan, a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University, started spinning wool at 5 p.m. Friday at the student-run ...

This workshop is open to attendees of the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies who sign up during registration. The study of medieval textile labor highlights intimate connections between ...