Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 87
). Barbara Oakesnoticed this : that these spin-ning machines not only drewout the cotton rope and madeit thinner, but put in a twistwhich prevented it from break-ing so easily. Do you re-member how the cotton fiberlooked under the microscope ?The twist in the fiber helpsin the spinning. Isnt it… … Fig. 47. — Grandmother Allenswheel used for spinning wool. MAKING SIMPLE GARMENTS 75 Allens grandmothers house. She took the girls to theattic and showed them her grandmothers spinningwheels (Fig. 47). There was a large one for spinningwoolen yarn. This she called the great wheel. Thenthere was a…
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