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Yarns Collection

Background imageYarns Collection: Rafael Sabatini - 3

Rafael Sabatini - 3
RAFAEL SABATINI Anglo-Italian writer, author of The sea-hawk, Scaramouche and other historical yarns. Date: 1875 - 1950

Background imageYarns Collection: Rafael Sabatini - 2

Rafael Sabatini - 2
RAFAEL SABATINI Anglo-Italian writer, author of The sea-hawk, Scaramouche and other historical yarns. Date: 1875 - 1950

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert, Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Galashiels, Scotland

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

Background imageYarns Collection: Beauty of Japan's Textiles

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

Background imageYarns Collection: Women working in cramped conditions spinning yarn. Date: 1883

Women working in cramped conditions spinning yarn. Date: 1883

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert, John Todd & Son, Rope Manufacturers, Rutherglen

Advert, John Todd & Son, Rope Manufacturers, Rutherglen
Advert for John Todd & Son, Rope and Twine Manufacturers and Yarn Spinners, Rutherglen, Scotland. 1905

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert, James Templeton & Son, Ayr, Scotland

Advert, James Templeton & Son, Ayr, Scotland
Advert for James Templeton & Son, Worsted Spinners, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert for Viyella, womens motoring headscarf 1908

Advert for Viyella, womens motoring headscarf 1908
Miss Kitty Gordon wearing Viyella gauntlers. Date: 1908

Background imageYarns Collection: Comforts for troops, WW1 knitting from Sunlight yarns

Comforts for troops, WW1 knitting from Sunlight yarns
Page from a booklet published by Sunlight Yarns during the First World War with patterns and instructions to make a variety of garments or comforts for troops at the front

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1939

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

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1938

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

Background imageYarns Collection: Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1937

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

Background imageYarns Collection: Splendid Yarns for Boys book cover

Splendid Yarns for Boys book cover
Front cover of Splendid Yarns for Boys, a compendium of thrilling short stories for young male readers, featuring an effective repetitive pattern of silhouetted cricketers

Background imageYarns Collection: Muller Automatic Cone-winding machine

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

Background imageYarns Collection: A machine collects coloured yarn onto rolls

A machine collects coloured yarn onto rolls
An employee checks a machine which is collecting different coloured wool yarns onto large rolls at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Background imageYarns Collection: Muller Automatic Cone-winder

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


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