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Description: | This is a hand-held wool winder. This style of wool winder has been dated back to the 1700s. After wool has been spun into skeins it is then wound into balls for use in knitting. This device makes the winding process much easier. As the manufacture of wool became increasingly industrialised wool winders changed in design, so this small one was probably for personal use. On loan from the Society of Antiquaries. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East home life | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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