Yarn Collection (page 3)

Old English Sheepdog turned into wool, Cornwall
An Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owners, who spin its longhaired coat into balls of wool for knitting, at home in Mullion, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

The Village, Dunster, Somerset
The Village, Dunster, Minehead, near Carhampton, Somerset, England. Showing the Yarn Market Date: 1910s

Mittens and body belt, WW1 knitting, comforts for troops
Patterns for mittens and a body belt (designed to keep the midriff warm), two items of clothing which could be knitted for soldiers at the front featured in a Great War era knitting booklet published

Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers
Photograph and pattern written by Marjory Tillotson for Baldwins yarn manufacturers, to make a knitted helmet with cap pieces - one of numerous comforts for soldiers suggested during the First World

Hill Man and Woman - Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
Hill Man and Woman at Mussoorie, a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Date: 1905

Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, India
Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, Pune, India (Gandhi was imprisoned here for a time, spinning thread whilst imprisoned). Date: circa 1908

Swimwear Circa 1960
Before the bikini: To flatter your figure this summer choose a swimsuit that has has the long-lasting elasticity which Lastex yarn provides... Date: circa 1950

Woman knitting with six foot needles and very thick wool. Date: circa 1980s

The Bern Bear helps a Swiss woman with her yarn winding. Date: circa 1903

Winding Yarn Off the Swifts, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of a lady outside operating a spinning wheel unwinding yarn off the swifts. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)

Hackling Yarn in a North of Ireland Spinning Mill - a view in a linen factory of a man operating a hackling machine. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Roughing the Yarn in a North of Ireland Spinning Mill - an interior view of a linen factory and a row of workers roughing the yarn. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Spinning and Winding Yarn, Toome, Co. Antrim - the same two ladies as above spinning and winding yarn outside. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish Linen Industry, Warping - an interior of a linen factory showing a machine warping the yarn. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish Linen Industry, Dressing Yarn - an interior of a linen factory showing a machine dressing the yarn. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Jantzen swimwear
Jantzen swimming costumes made from Lastex yarn, modelled by a relaxed group of bright young things. Available from Jaeger. Date: 1934

Winding Yarn on Pirns from the Swifts - an old woman sits outside a thatched cottage with a spinning wheel and swifts. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

N. of Ireland Spinning Industry, Twisting Yarn - a close in view of a machine for spinning yarn in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

The Golfers Paradise by H. M. Bateman
The Golfers Paradise - Telling them What Happened at the 16th Hole. The golfing bore epitomised in this fabulous cartoon by Bateman, showing the ultimate fantasy - a golfer seated in an armchair

Nursery Viyella advertisement, 1939
An advertisement showing a baby and a knitted vest to promote the qualities of Nursery Viyella knitting yarn. The advertisement reads

Advert in Debenham & Freebody knitted coats 1917
Woolen knitted coat made from alpaca yarn. Artificial silk knitted coat suitable for indoor and outdoor wear. Graceful crepe-de-chine jumper. 1917

Servant at Carentan The simple cotton bonnet
Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe The folds
Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. The folds in the bonnet are accidental.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Flax flower fairy, Linum usitatissimum, spinning linen yarn.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees

High Street & Yarn Market, Dunster, Somerset
High Street & Yarn Market, Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, England. Date: 1935

A Chinese Woman making a bobbin, Qianlong Period (1736-96) (gouache on paper). Chinese art. SWITZERLAND. Bern. Bernese Historical Museum

Spinning a Yarn
Slide showing a photograph of two men talking on a small sailing boat. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

Sunlight Yarn Knitting book - vintage tennis fashion
Front cover of a Sunlight Yarn Knitting book featuring a young woman in a fine knitted jumper readying herself to take a smash during a tennis match. Date: 1914-1918

Knitting humour, WW1
The Sentimentalist (who has received socks from England). " She loves me; she loves me not. A British soldier, on receiving a pair of badly made socks from a sweetheart in England proceeds to

Knitting comforts for the troops, WW1
Three ladies, knee deep in khaki wool knit furiously and engage the help of a civilian male to wind their yarn. Date: 1914

Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1939
Made to be forgotten. Tenova socks stay up. The cut-out at the back and the band at the top, containing Lastex yarn keep these Tenova socks gently but firmly in place

Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1938
Tenova socks need no suspenders. Tenova socks have a band at the top containing Lastex yarn, which is part of the sock itself. The band holds them up gently buy securely. Date: 1938

Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1943
Quailty... a necessity when supplies are limited. The output of Chilprufe pure wool is now confined solely to a range of essential garments for infants and young children

Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1937
A new kind of sock. Self-supporting. No suspenders needed. This special patented design with a top band containing lastex yarn does the trick. They can t come down. They don t let you down

Advert for Wolsey womens underwear 1936
Wolsey aerobelt. Not just new, but a new principle! Not just cut, but Paris-cut! Not just Lastex, but a new exclusive Lastex fabric! Permanent tension two-way stretch that gives but never gives way

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove knitted clothing 1917
Three style practical knitted clothing, made from alpaca yarn. 1917

Advert for Wolsey thermal underwear 1938
Wolsey winter Svelts thermal underwear providing additional warmth no bulky underneaths! Date: 1938

Coir yarn making in Travancore, India
Three Indian women Coir yarn making in Travancore, India. Travancore State Court - British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London, 1924. Date: 1924

Ito nishiki (yarn brocade). Print shows stylized designs, possibly of rabbits, for kimonos. Date between ca. 1750 and 1900

To the right hon able the Earl of Moira, this plate, taken on the spot in the County of Downe, representing spinning, reeling with the clock reel

Where the Fishes Come From. Artist: Anon. An old sailor sitting on the shore, spins a yarn to an attentive little girl holding a model sailing vessel Date: circa 1905

Lace Making / Flanders
Lace making in Flanders Date: 19th Century

Rolling Woollen thread - Patons & Baldwins
A male factory worker operates wool rolling machine at Patons & Baldwins Factory at Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Reels of woollen thread - Patons & Baldwins
A complex multi-level machine for rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Winding thread - Patons & Baldwins
Machines for Winding thread at Patons & Baldwins Factory in Darlington; one of the UKs leading manufacturers of knitting yarn. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Yarn rolling machine
A lady working at a complex multi-level machine for rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun, at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Muller Automatic Cone-winding machine
A factory worker operates a Muller automatic cone-winding machine, (used for clearing and winding single-spun yarns) at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Wool spinning - Patons & Baldwins
A view looking down a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

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