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Clunes Museum
Domestic object - DOMESTIC ITEMS, UNKNOWN
... wool skein... Skein of spun wool .4 Pair of wooden knitting needles...knitting wool skein knitting needles Nil .1 Woven plastic ....1 Woven plastic basket, brown .2 Ball of spun wool .3 Skein of spun wool .4 Pair of wooden knitting needlesNilknitting, wool skein, knitting needles -
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.... This object is used to wind yarn ,typically wool from a skein or hank ...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 -
National Wool Museum
Wool Winder, 1999
Wool winder "perhaps designed to accept a skein prior to ball winding, or for plying 2 from 2 single plies." (ref donation form)Wooden wool winder.handicrafts - history yarn production, spinning, handicrafts - history, yarn production -
National Wool Museum
Yarn
Two one ounce skeins of knitting yarn, 50% wool, 50% camelhair.Two one ounce skeins of knitting yarn, 50% wool, 50% camelhair.Made expressly for David Jones Ltd, Sydneyknitting handicrafts textile mills textile mills, knitting, handicrafts, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Skein
... Skein of pure wool black mending thread, produced by Astor...Skein of black mending wool, produced by Astor in Australia...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Skein Skein of black mending wool, produced ...Skein of pure wool black mending thread, produced by Astor in Australia under the 'Empire' brand.Skein of black mending wool, produced by Astor in Australia under the 'Empire' brand, c.1930s.EMPIRE / pure wool mending / MADE IN AUSTRALIA / Astor / PRODUCTyarn production, astor -
National Wool Museum
Skein
Acquired at closure of Brintons Carpets' Fellmonger Road factory.W7196 Page 1 of a history of Brintons Carpets. Page 2 of a history of Brintons Carpets. A list of catalogues/items in the Brintons Collection donated after closure of Fellmongers Road factory in July 2008.wool industry, brintons australia pty ltd brintons pty ltd (geelong) brintons ltd (uk), carpet -
National Wool Museum
Skein
Acquired on closure of Brintons Carpets' Fellmonger Road factory.W7197 Page 1 of a history of Brintons Carpets. Page 2 of a history of Brintons Carpets. A list of catalogues/items in the Brintons Collection donated after closure of Fellmongers Road factory in July 2008.wool industry, brintons australia pty ltd brintons pty ltd (geelong) brintons ltd (uk), carpet -
National Wool Museum
Skein
Acquired at closure of Brintons Carpet's Fellmonger Road factory.W7198 Page 1 of a history of Brintons Carpets. Page 2 of a history of Brintons Carpets. A list of catalogues/items in the Brintons Collection donated after closure of Fellmongers Road factory in July 2008.wool industry, brintons australia pty ltd brintons pty ltd (geelong) brintons ltd (uk), carpet