Yarn Collection

Ripping Yarn. Date: circa 1910s

Spinning Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. A typical scene in an island home as the crofter spins her yarn

Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn
A little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915

Old English Sheepdog turned into wool
An Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owner, who has spun its coat into balls of wool for knitting

Grandfather welcomes his Granddaughter
A 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

Dyeing Wool and Yarn for Donegal Homespun, Inishowen
Dyeing 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)

Beatty Book Cover
When Beatty kept the seas - Captain Frank H Shaws stirring patriotic adventure yarn is based on real-life naval exploits of the war

Advert, Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Galashiels, Scotland
Advert for Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Yarn Spinners, Ladhope Mills, Galashiels, Scotland. 1905

Two models discuss the simply lovely crochet yarn, an advert for Ardern's Lustrous Crochet Date: 1918

Art deco advert for Viyella knitting yarn, a silhouette of a lady's hands knitting. Date: 1931

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

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