Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 88
(Figs. 48 and 49)of the wheels. She heldand drew the flax whilethe wheels of the machineput in the twist. Thatis just what the modernspinning machine does, but it can accomplish muchmore in an hour than grandmother did in a day. Stillit is a great satisfaction to possess some of the beauti-ful old… … Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museun of Art.Fig. 48. — The flax wheel. 76 CLOTHING AND HEALTH Barbara Oakes and Mollie Stark fairly clapped theirhands and said, How beautiful the colors are. Thecoverlets were made of wool and cotton yarns. Grand-mother showed the girls the hand cards which she…
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