By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen April 23, 2025 I have often wondered where the phrase “spinning a yarn” came from, and ...

This project explores the functional/aesthetic possibilities of e-textiles that emerge from hand-spinning custom e-textile materials. The yarns and swatches we have created look to demonstrate a ...

(PHOTO BY GEORGE NORKUS) Sandy Roomey shows a young fan how to take wool sheared from a sheep and spin it into yarn.(PHOTO BY GEORGE NORKUS) Diana Golembiewski uses a spinning wheel to make yarn ...

One man could spin 50 strands of yarn using this machine. This machine was made at the loomshop of the Rhodes family of Diggle near Saddleworth, and was used at Helmshore Textile Mill for spinning ...