Posts tagged “weaver”

November 12, 2012

At the Spinning Wheel

Wool is spun into yarn before it hits the loom. Karen Clancy cards the fibers and feeds the spinning wheel.

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June 20, 2011

Meet the Weaver

War makes the weaver busy. Cloth for everything from sails to bedsheets is created on his loom. Max Hamrick weaves the tale.

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February 25, 2008

The Butcher, the Baker

One sheep’s fleece supplies half a dozen trades. Shepherdess Carrie MacDougal spins the tale.

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