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Ripping Yarn. Date: circa 1910s
Spinning Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. A typical scene in an island home as the crofter spins her yarn
Old English Sheepdog turned into woolAn Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owner, who has spun its coat into balls of wool for knitting
Art deco advert for Viyella knitting yarn, a silhouette of a lady's hands knitting. Date: 1931
The Yarn Market, Dunster by Terry Whitworth
Dyeing Wool and Yarn for Donegal Homespun, InishowenDyeing Wool and Yarn forDonegal Homespun, Inishowen - a view of two men outside a thatched cottage sorting wool and yarn. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Inishowen)
Cartoon - Swallowing a yarnA little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915
Grandfather welcomes his GranddaughterA Grandfather, fishing in the shade of a tree by a quiet pool, welcomes his Granddaughter with open arms. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
Fine Hand Hackling and Sorting Yarn in a Spinning Mill - an interior shot showing a man hackling flax by hand at a bench by a window. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Bundling Yarn - a view of the spinning process where the yarn is bundled in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Beatty Book CoverWhen Beatty kept the seas - Captain Frank H Shaws stirring patriotic adventure yarn is based on real-life naval exploits of the war
Winston Churchill the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, portrayed as a kitten playing with a ball of wool, representing the export of artificial silk. Date: May 1925
High Street and Yarn Market, Dunster, Somerset, England. Date: 1963
Carpet weaver knotting a rug on a frameCarpet weaver seated on a bench knotting a rug on a frame. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821
Woman spinning yarn with a spindle and distaff, Paris, 1803. She wears a hooded cap in ribbed organdy, blue tunic over a white gown, ruffled collar and fichu. Capote d'Organdie, à Côtes
Girl spinning yarn on the island of Santorini, Ottoman EmpireGirl spinning yarn on the island of Santorini or Thira, Ottoman Empire. Hair in a turban, wearing a short tunic, small apron, silk camisole, slippers. Greek island in the Aegean Sea
Barcelona. Sert Hermanos y Sola textile factorySpain, Catalonia, Barcelona. Sert Hermanos y SolA textile factory. Yarn workshop interior. Illustration by Antonio Rigalt. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882
Advert, Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Galashiels, ScotlandAdvert for Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Yarn Spinners, Ladhope Mills, Galashiels, Scotland. 1905
The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power, freelance journalistThe Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman), freelance journalist
Two models discuss the simply lovely crochet yarn, an advert for Ardern's Lustrous Crochet Date: 1918
A tow breaker machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A reeling machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A hackling machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Striking up, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A Plain Power Loom, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A bleaching liquor cave, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Bleaching yarn on grass, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Linen manufacture, Yarn bleaching on grass Date: late 19th century
A Spinning Frame, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A Dobbie Loom, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A bale of flax, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Jacquard Looms, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A boom yard, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Peaking, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
A Pirn Winding Machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Engineer's workshop, linen production, Victorian period
Warp winding machine, linen production, Victorian period
A delivery of yarn, linen production, Victorian period
Linen manufacture, Load of yarn
Short stool bundling, linen production, Victorian period
Beating Mill, linen production, Victorian period
A stone mangle, linen production, Victorian period
Stripping machine for stone mangle, linen production, Victorian period
Web measuring machine, linen production, Victorian period
A hydraulic mangle, linen production, Victorian period
Web rolling machine, linen production, Victorian period
Lapping, linen production, Victorian period
Making webs, linen production, Victorian period
A hydraulic pump, linen production, Victorian period
A hydraulic press, linen production, Victorian period
Pressing a bale of linen, linen production, Victorian period
Bale of linen for export, linen production, Victorian period
Cop winding machine, linen production, Victorian period
A cropping machine, linen production, Victorian period
A Pirn wheel, linen production, Victorian period
A Damask hand loom, linen production, Victorian period
A damping machine, linen production, Victorian period
Inspecting linen, linen production, Victorian period
A beaming machine, linen production, Victorian period
A drawing machine, linen production, Victorian period
A dressing machine, linen production, Victorian period
Warping, linen production, Victorian period
A squeezing machine, linen production, Victorian period
Bleaching, linen production, Victorian period
A twine balling machine, linen production, Victorian period
A twisting frame, linen production, Victorian period
Long stool bundling, linen production, Victorian period
A tow balling machine, linen production, Victorian period
Yarn Market, Dunster, Exmoor, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
The Yarn Market and view toward the Castle, Dunster, Somerset
Beauty of Japan's Textiles - the young woman on the left, holding a battledore, is in formal New Year's Day dress. The one on the right is in a homongi, a costume suitable for paying visits
Advert for Celanese, a chemical and speciality materials company whose products included acetate yarn and artificial silk. Date: 1943
Women working in cramped conditions spinning yarn. Date: 1883
Girl of Granada of the poorest class during the Islamic era, Emirate of Granada (1238-1492)
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Los combatientes necesitan prendas de abrigo (Fighters need warm clothes). Poster ob the International Red Help. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional
Japan - machinery, for spinning thread, yarnVintage 19th century photograph: Japan - machinery, for spinning thread, yarn
Man and woman of the Isle of Santorini, Greece, 1818. The man wears jacket, sash and harem pants
Private quarters of an Ottoman official. Officials in robes sit on a divan in a large carpeted room. Appartement d un ministre de la Porte
Advert, Fleisher Knitting Wool. 1922
Advert, John Todd & Son, Rope Manufacturers, RutherglenAdvert for John Todd & Son, Rope and Twine Manufacturers and Yarn Spinners, Rutherglen, Scotland. 1905
An organ grinder and a poodle with spinning machine before an audience of fashionable women in bonnets with plumes, shawls and lace dresses
Young man in chenille yarn jacket, cravat, gloves, trousers, top hat and stick
Russian serfs or peasantry, 18th centuryRussian serfs or peasantry. A peasant in travel clothes with hat, shirt, boots and bark shoes, and women spinning yarn and washing clothes
View of the village of Nikali, Thessaly, Greece, 1821View of the village of Nikali, near Larissa, the capital of Thessaly, Greece. Villagers draw water from a well, a man plays a lute, women spin and weave. Copied from Edward Dodwells Views of Greece