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National Wool Museum
Bobbin, Mule spinning bobbin
Spool of grey yarn used in the process of mule spinning.weaving mills -
National Wool Museum
Yarn sample book
Yarn sample book, Zegna Baruffa primavera estate, 1990.Baruffa/ PRIMAVERA ESTATE/1990/I COLORItextile industry merino sheep weaving, zegna baruffa, cloth - woollen, textile industry, merino sheep, weaving -
National Wool Museum
Conversion table
Yarn conversion table made by William Bussey Pty Ltd.weaving mills -
National Wool Museum
Equipment - Dyeing Spools, 1988
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 -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Country Women's Association of Victoria, Myart Knit & Crochet
This book was used by members of the Tawonga C.W.A.. The group exhibited their handicrafts and made items for charity. The Tawonga branch of the C.W.A. commenced on the 7th Feb. 1946 and often combined activities with the other branches in the Kiewa Valley. The C.W.A. aimed to improve health, welfare and education for women and children in the country.Women living in Tawonga were mostly on farms and, in 1946, when the branch commenced would have been feeling more remote with WW11 having had an effect on available workers and the well being of the women and children.Small coloured 16 page book with a cover showing 4 squares of knitted and crocheted items. At the top the book has a light green background with white writing and some black writing. The back cover is similar with 4 different items. The book is bound with 2 staples. The book has patterns with instructions for knitted & crocheted items.Cover: 'Myart / Knit & Crochet' - on left. 'Handcraft / Nylon Yarn' - on right. 'Teijin 40c / Book 14' - top right in blackcountry women's association of victoria. tawonga. handcrafts. knitting. crocheting. -
National Wool Museum
Spindle
Used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn.Wooden spindle with metal tip. Ridges along spout. -
National Wool Museum
Yarn
Woollen crochet yarn produced by F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd, Sydney.'Twin-Prufe' crochet wool, produced by F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd, Sydney.Twin-Prufe / MOTH / PROOF / SHRINK / PROOF / CROCHET / WOOL / AN F.W. HUGHES Product ALL WOOL / GUARANTEED PERMANENTLY / MOTHPROOF / GUARANTEED SHRINKPROOF / IF WASHED AS A WOOLLEN / 2354 / F.W. HUGHES PTY. LTD. / SYDNEY - AUSTRALIAhandicrafts, textile mills, f.w. hughes pty ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FARM YARN
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Fair yarn: J. O'Neill and C. Cashen discuss the repairs once carried out at W.M. Rehe's mud-brick, tar-covered residence at Fosterville. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
National Wool Museum
Tool
Small hand tool. May be yarn hooks. From Collins Bros Mills. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HANRO COLLECTION: INTERIOR OF FACTORY
Black and white photograph of a section of the interior of the Handschin and Ronus factory in Switzerland (the parent company of Hanro), depicting a woman working at a machine that is winding a large number of bobbins from large skeins of yarn that are fitted onto frames above the bobbinsorganization, business, hanro, clothing manufacturing, hanro , handschin and ronus -
National Wool Museum
Shears
Used to cut yarn at official opening of National Wool Museum on 21/12/1988.Made in England Combination UTS Sheffield No.1.shearing, sheep stations management, national wool museum, hand shears, sheep stations - management -
National Wool Museum
Machine - Sock Knitting Machine
Knitted fabric is made with a single yarn or sets of yarns moving in only one direction. Whether done by hand or by machine, the process is the same. The knitting needle loops the yarn through itself to make a chain of stitches. These chains, or rows, are connected to produce the knitted cloth. There are two types of commercial knitting machine. A flat-bed has its needles, one for each loop, arranged in a straight line to produce a flat fabric. A circular machine has its needles arranged on a rotating circle. The cloth forms as a tube which can be made into seamless clothing. Griswold bench-type sock knitting machine hand operated by turning the handle.sock knitting machine, textile industry, wool, fashion, clothing -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Aussie, 1920
Original copies - yarns & experiences of soldiers on active service. Printed in the field by the AIF Printing Section.Copies of Aussie Magazines 1918 - 1919 - 1920 produced by Phillip L Harris of The Australian War Museum 1920Percy E Cox 12th Battalion Tasmania (inside front cover)books - magazines, military history -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, A Corner Full of Characters, 1981
Born in Richmond, Victoria, in 1947 Bruce Pascoe is a school teacher, deck hand, barman, farmer, Director of Commonwealth Australian Studies project, editor, publisher, and works in Indigenous language retrieval. He published and edited Australian Short Storiesquarterly magazine for 16 years, and was joint winner (with David Foster) of Australian Literature Award (1999) and winner of the Radio National Short Story Competition (1998).( ref macquariepenanthology.com.au/BrucePascoe.html) He is married to Lyn Harwood, has two children and lives at Gipsy Point, Far East Gippsland in Victoria. A paperback book with tree sketch on the front cover . This is in black ink. The title is "A Corner Full of Characters" , the history, yarns and stories from the corner of a continent. The book wass compiled by Bruce Passcoe who was a secondary school teacher in Orbost in the 1980's.pascoe-bruce gippsland -
Orbost & District Historical Society
Koala tea cosy, Early 1900's
This was probably used by the Powell family. Selena Powell came from Eden to Orbost at the age of 18. She met and married Henry James Powell in Orbost.This item is an excellent local example of the type of hand made tea cosies which were used in an Australian domestic setting during the 1920's through to the 1960's. Fawn coloured hand-knitted tea cosy. The wool has been brushed to resemble the fur. It has brown button eyes and the nose and mouth are sewn in black yarn. The feet are embroidered in black and it has a narrow green velvet ribbon around the neck.tea-cosy domestic-item tableware handcraft knitting powell-selena -
National Wool Museum
Machine - Knitting Machine, Sock
Knitted fabric is made with a single yarn or sets of yarns moving in only one direction. Whether done by hand or by machine, the process is the same. The knitting needle loops the yarn through itself to make a chain of stitches. These chains, or rows, are connected to produce the knitted cloth. There are two types of commercial knitting machine. A flat-bed has its needles, one for each loop, arranged in a straight line to produce a flat fabric. A circular machine has its needles arranged on a rotating circle. The cloth forms as a tube which can be made into seamless clothing. Personal history of Edna Harris who used the machine.knitting machine, industry, design, socks, clothing, wool -
National Wool Museum
Book, Principles of Textile Testing
"Principles of Textile Testing: an introduction to physical methods of testing textile fibres, yarns and fabrics" by J.E. Booth, 1964.textile testing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Knitting, Patons Knitting Book no. 539
This book produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains knitting patterns for adults and child's garments.No. 539 / PATONS PATYONYLE KNITTING YARN, 3 and 4 Ply / PATONS BEEHIVE FINGERING, 3 and 4 Ply / Patons / KNITTING BOOK / No. 539 / 2'-handicrafts - history knitting, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd, handicrafts - history, knitting -
National Wool Museum
Book, Knitting, Patons Knitting Book no. 310
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 was produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.Patons KNITTING BOOK NO. 310 / "Melva" - See page 4 / Featuring Patons Catkin Fleck Yarn / P&B / WOOLS / 10 1/2d.knitting handicrafts - history, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, As You Were 1947, 1947
... yarns ...Continued from 'As you were 1946' this book presents the views of service men and women and the views expressed are those of the writers. Contributions that are a mosaic of service men and women.A compilation of person war experiences and yarns.Compilation of person recounts, stories and articles. Photos, illustrations and letters Green covered entitled 'As you were', with a relief of tri-servicemen with the date '1947' lower on the cover. Inside cover front and back is illustrated with the insignia of each Australian services in addition to relief of the tri services. There are two copies held by the Lara RSL Sub BranchTo the memory of fallen comrades. " They gave their l Ives. For that public gift they received a praise which never ages and a tomb most glorious - not so. Much the tomb in which they lie, but that in which their fame survives, to be remembered forever when occasion comes for word or deed...'royal australian navy, royal australian air force, royal australian army, yarns, short stories, wwi, wwii -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Foster Valley Mill
Interior view of machinery at Foster Valley Mill. Shows the winding (or twisting) machinery (where the spun yarn is threaded onto bobbins).Spinning machinery within the Valley Mill.T. Lockwood Lockwood / GEELONGtextile mills operation, valley worsted mill, winding machinery, textile mills - operation -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Foster Valley Mill
Interior view of machinery at Foster Valley Mill. Shows the winding (or twisting) machinery (where the spun yarn is threaded onto bobbins).Spinning machinery in the Valley Mill.T. Lockwood Lockwood / GEELONGtextile mills operation, valley worsted mill, winding machinery, textile mills - operation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Longman Chesire Pty Ltd, Alan Marshall talking / edited by Edward Harding ; [illustrated by Greg Aznar], 1978
Collection of stories covering his life, travels, views on many subjects, and yarns about the Australian outback; includes stories on treatment of Aborigines.Hardback with dustcover; 190 p; illustratedISBN: 0582714311alan marshall -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Milo
A black and white photograph of Sergeant Jurd and Pte R.W. Hunter with tracker dog 'Milo' at the Fire Support Base Peggy enjoy a quiet yarn during a breat away from patrolling during Operation Federal (FebruaryMarchr 1969) Tracker dogs were used in a variety of roles.photograph, sgt jurd, pte hunter, operation federal, fire support base, tracker dog, gibbons collection catalogue, fire base peggy, milo tracker dog -
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Textile, Kate Just, SAFE Banner, 2014
HOPE & SAFE presents the material results of Kate Just’s two recent public banner projects in the UK and Melbourne responding to violence against women and current media coverage of this issue. Referencing and reviving moments in feminist history in which collective action and craftwork were deployed to enact change, HOPE & SAFE invokes a utopian reimagining of women’s safety and agency within the urban environment. In 2013, Just travelled around the UK with her KNIT HOPE Project. It involved an invitation to individuals and communities to publicly join her in knitting a night-reflective fluorescent yellow banner that spells the word HOPE in silver block letters. Later, various HOPE walks were taken in public at night with it. Bearing the artist’s daughter’s name, the resulting HOPE Banner manifests the artist’s wish for a brighter future for women broadly and for her own child specifically. Materially and conceptually, the banner entwines dualities of male and female, public and private, individual and collective. The uniquely patterned individual pieces refer to the work of many hands, joined together to form a seamless whole. The durability of the builder’s line and the high-vis reflective material, which is worn by construction workers, police and cyclists, imbues the banner with a level of visibility and authority. The singular large scale photograph HOPE Walk (Leeds) extends these complexities, documenting a moment in which police on horseback, donning coordinated yellow and silver jackets, asked if they could join the ‘protest.’ On return from the UK in early 2014, Just undertook the KNIT SAFE Project in Melbourne. It involved the communal crafting of a sister banner, a night reflective black and silver ‘blanket’ that spells SAFE. The more sombre SAFE Banner operates as a shield or soft monument constructed in the shadow of recent high profile violent deaths of women in Melbourne including Jill Meagher, Tracey Connelly and Fiona Warzywoda. The photograph SAFE Walk (Melbourne) captures a small group of banner holders quietly interacting with each other in the warm glow of a street lamp, projecting an almost fictional ideal of collective resistance to the harsh realities of the world. Also presented in the exhibition is the book HOPE SAFE, documenting the projects in their entirety and featuring an in-depth essay by art critic and historian Dr Juliette Peers. Photograph by Simon Strong. Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection. Winner of the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2015.A rectangular banner with a background made up of black yarn square panels that vary in shape and size with different knitted and crocheted designs, with lettering applicated onto the background using reflective nylon thread. A metal pole has been threaded through the top of the banner to enable it to be carried.wangaratta art gallery, wcta, textile, kate just -
National Wool Museum
Instrument - Yarn speed meter, c. 1995
Timber box with brass clasp at the front. Inside is lined with green felt. Black plastic yarn meter with handle grip, pulley wheels and window showing the measurement gauge. Patent panel on the back. 2 pieces of paper- one is a diagram of the battery (?). The other is a general overview of the product.wool, hatra, yard speed meter -
National Wool Museum
Yarn, Sun-glo Wool
This hank of knitting yarn was manufactured under the brand name 'Sun-glo' and was produced by F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd at the Alexandria Spinning Mills in Sydney.Sun-glo 2 ply wool produced by F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd at the Alexandria Spinning Mills, Sydney, NSW, c.1950-60.Sun-glo / Shrinkproof / WOOL / SUPER / 2 / PLY / AN / ALEXANDRIA / MILLS PRODUCT Guarantee / SUN-GLO WOOL / has been / manufactured by a / NEW PATENT / PROCESS / It is guaranteed / UNSHRINKABLE for / the lifetime / of the / Garment. / MANUFACTURED BY / F.W. HUGHES PTY. LTD. / AT THEIR / ALEXANDRIA SPINNING MILLS SYDNEYknitting handicrafts - history textile mills textile mills, f.w. hughes pty ltd alexandria spinning mills pty ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history, textile mills -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Wool Spindle, Fletcher Jones Winding spool, Circa early/ mid 20th century
This object is used to wind yarn ,typically wool from a skein or hank into a ball from which it can be worked into the required garment. The skein is placed around the four pegs on the ends of each arm and wound from this into a ball. The movable arm facilitate easier winding of the yarn. It is thought that this may have come from Fletcher Jones factory where it was probably used more to rewind cotton onto reels. Either use is possible.This item or those similar would have been a well used tool in many households before the time of woollen yarn being purchased in balls. As such it has social and historical significance as well as being useful as an item to create discussion.Square wooden base with bevelled edge and central post from which is screwed two wooden strips of wood. A shorter piece of wood is riveted to each end of these two pieces and these have dowel running upright from each end. The top section is movable and can be extended or contracted as required. Light brown in colour.165 on sticker on bottom.warrnambool, wool winder, skein winder, fletcher jones -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BOER WAR, The Sting ........ in Reids Raid, 2018
From the book cover: Reids Raid is a true story with all the qualities of a good Aussie yarn. It occurred in the 1899 - 1902 Boer War in South Africa.Soft cardboard cover, white print on glossy black background on front, spine & back. 107 pages cut, plain, white, illustrated with black & white & sepia photos, maps & illustrated.books-military-history, boer war -
National Wool Museum
Machine - Sock Knitting Machine, G Stibbe and Co, c.1928
Knitted fabric is made with a single yarn or sets of yarns moving in only one direction. Whether done by hand or by machine, the process is the same. The knitting needle loops the yarn through itself to make a chain of stitches. These chains, or rows, are connected to produce the knitted cloth. There are two types of commercial knitting machine. A flat-bed has its needles, one for each loop, arranged in a straight line to produce a flat fabric. A circular machine has its needles arranged on a rotating circle. The cloth forms as a tube which can be made into seamless clothing. Dellruss Pty Ltd original owner Llyold Henry Coburg. Mock ribber fitted post World War 2. In use from c.1928 until 1978.Stibbe Maxim circular sock knitting machine.sock knitting machine, manufacturing, textiles, socks, machines, circular, clothing, industry, wool