Probably a yarn feeder for the "Beehive" manual table sock knitting machine.Probably a yarn feeder for the "Beehive" manual table sock knitting machine.textile machinery knitting machine knitting, patons and baldwins limited, hosiery, textile machinery, knitting, machine knitting

A cast iron yarn feeder for the "Beehive" manual sock knitting machine.A cast iron yarn feeder for the "Beehive" manual sock knitting machine.knitting textile machinery machine knitting, hosiery, knitting, textile machinery, machine knitting

A cast iron yarn feeder for the "Beehive" manual sock knitting machine.A cast iron yarn feeder for the "Beehive" manual sock knitting machine.knitting textile machinery machine knitting, hosiery, knitting, textile machinery, machine knitting

One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.Yarn sample card: card wound with four samples of woollen yarn, each yarn sample is the same design but in a different colourway. The card is printed with the label COL: and handwritten with the colour names.NOIR/PURPEL/ STELL/WILLOWtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history

This book is a sample book of the various types, thicknesses and colours of hand knitting yarn produced by the Villawood Textile Company under the trade name of 'Villawool' in c.1963. The illustration on the front cover was produced by a designer / design firm called 'Saxton'.Front cover of a book of Villawool knitting yarn samples produced by the Villawood Textile Company, c.1963.THE / FashioN / iN / kNiTTiNG / Villawool SAXTONhandicrafts knitting, villawood textile company, handicrafts, knitting

'Interweave One' is a quilt made by Judy Turner in 2000. It consists of a woollen background and coloured woollen yarn which have been machine couched to the background. The techniques used to make it include quilting and machine couching. This quilt was an entrant in "Expressions 2000: the wool quilt prize"; an acquisitive exhibition held by the National Wool Museum from 16 Sept. 2000 to 3 Dec. 2000 (extended until 2 Feb. 2001) for contemporary art quilts, with the first prize winning $2000. 'Interweave 1' was selected as a highly commended entrant of this exhibition. It was catalogue entry no. 21.Quilt, black woollen background with coloured woollen yarn couched to the surface in a cross pattern.INTERWEAVE ONE / 76 X 126 CM / 2000 / JUDY TURNER / 31 BERTEL CRES / CHAPMAN / ACT 2611 / AUSTRALIA / PH 02 62886465quilting handicrafts, quilting, handicrafts, judy turner, expressions, wool quilt prize, national wool museum, quilt

Wrap reel manufactured at Valley Worsted Mill and possibly used in the laboratory. "Wrap reels were used to check the yarn count in a spinning mill. A set length of yarn was wound off several test bobbins and weighed, if the weight was not the correct amount expected the spinning machines draft could be re calculated and the machine draft wheel ( cog ) changed to achieve the required count". - Greg AldridgeA small hand operated wrap reel. The reel is on a wooden base, the winding mechanism is metal and turned by a wooden handle. There is a metal plaque on the base inscribed MAKERS VWM. A wood and metal yarn feeder has broken off its mount.MAKERS/ VWMtextile machinery textile production weaving, valley worsted mill valley worsted mill, warping machinery, textile machinery, textile production, weaving, wrap reel, skein winder

Dye is forced through perforations, thus evenly dyeing the yarn. Three cylindrical metal dyeing spools, each with circular perforations. dyeing, yarn, manufaturing, textile, design, colouring, wool

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It contains patterns for a knitting machine, using Riverhart yarns.RIVERHART / HOME KNITTING MACHINE YARNS / 3 Ply / Pattern Book / No 3 / Pattern No. / Q3-9 / Pattern No. / Q3-7 / Pattern No. / Q3-8machine knitting, riverhart yarns

Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo: Machinery mostly empty of yarn spoolsSectional Warperindustry, aunde

Dyed green linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre: '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.5% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'; bottom centre: '.06% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed green linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre: '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.5% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'; bottom centre: '.06% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed green linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in black ink, top centre: '5g Sample/ 1% Yellow RS/ 3.4 ON 2RS/ 1% Blue 3RI/ 500 mgs Alkali'linen, dye, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed yellow linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre; '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.03% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'; bottom centre: '.02% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed yellow linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre; '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.025% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'; bottom centre: '.025% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

HardcoverKnitting yarn paper wrapper insert p. 40. Villawool 'Focus' double knitting yarn.american fiction, american literature, walsh st library

Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo: Male Employee loading a group of yarns to warperWarpingindustry, aunde

Nillumbik Prize finalist (2018, 2016, 2015, 2014). The artist lives and works in Nillumbik. Abstract sculpture inspired by the artist attending a local ceremony in Nillumbik to harvest tubers of the Murnong (yam daisy), a traditional staple of the Wurundjeri people. Wirth was also inspired by the writing of Bruce Pascoe. Wirth works intuitively with awareness that meaning may be deciphered through the combination of material/mediums/techniques that she uses randomly. Through the process of experimentation and automatism Wirth allows her work to evolve organically. Wirth is represented in public art collections including: Victorian College of the Arts, Victorian Performing Arts Centre and Ararat Regional Gallery. She also completed a residency at Laughing Waters in 2012. Yellow abstract sculpture woven into a vessel with long tentacles using cotton yarn. N/Afinalist, nillumbik prize, abstract, textile, yellow, vessel, yam

Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo:Desks, Computor, telephone, Yarn, Second desk - sample designAUnde Australia Ltd. logoindustry, aunde

Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo: Empty weaving room warping yarn threaded into machine.industry, aunde

Formed in 1990 by a group of current and former social services and administrative staff at the then-Brighton Council, the Lovely Learned Luscious Ladies of Brighton were a group bound by friendship, humour, fun and a delightfully strange knitting project. Each member took turns to add ten rows ten rows of knitting to the piece, following a series of handwritten rules on an attached card. The wool used was not to be bought, but could be "begged, borrowed or stolen", and previous work was not to be altered. The ladies met bi-monthly over dinner at local restaurants and hotels to swap gossip, play games and share the progress of the knitting. The work of twelve women over eighteen years, the piece documents fond memories, personal passions, wedding celebrations, the birth of a grandchild, footy triumphs, holidays and major events. It is a testament to a close-knit friendship, as expressed on the rules card: "MAY THIS PIECE SERVE TO BIND US TOGETHER".Irregular-shaped knitting project consisting of multicoloured knitted stripes in a variety of yarns and stitches created by a group of women over a period of eighteen years. The piece includes numerous additions and embellishments by the various makers, including sequins, beads, shells, badges, ornaments and laminated images.Attached yellow laminated rectangular card with handwritten rules: "1) Nominated member is to knit (in any stitch of choice) 10 rows of your best by the next meeting. 2) The yarn to be used is not to be purchased for the job but can be begged, borrowed or stolen. 3) The colour of yarn is to be left to member's discretion, but judgement will be passed by others. 4) The nominated member will not tamper with, pull out or destroy a previous member's work. 5) On returning the work to the meeting the member shall declare to what genuine purpose the piece will be put on completion (as a guide for future knitters), e.g. rug for favourite chardy, cock sock for lover. 6) The next knitter can (and shall be encouraged to) change the purpose as stated by the previous knitter. 7) This tag must not, without the permission of a majority of members, be removed. MAY THIS PIECE SERVE TO BIND US TOGETHER."brighton, brighton council, social groups, knitting, 1990s

"The wool and the knitting from ancient time up to now in Greece" - Molokotou. Stories of wool in ancient and modern GreeceThis is a production of the Firm/ "Knitting Wool Yarns MOLOKOTOU"knitting yarn production, knitting, yarn production

This card is the tenth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of spinning.Card no. 10 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 10 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 10 Spinning the rovings into yarn at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, spinning

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of part of a "David Sowden and Sons" loom attachment. Photograph was with other photographs in an envelope printed "David Sowden & Sons", among items from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, sepia, of a "David Sowden & Sons" loom attachment, which has been threaded with yarn.DAVID SOWDEN & SONS/ BRADFORD/ POWER LOOM AND JACQUARD MACHINE MAKERStextile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving