Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1913)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, Woolman, Mary S. fmo, Helen Judy Bond Collection. fmo · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 155
yarn manufacture isone of the oldest industries of the world, as well as one ofthe most extensive and widely disseminated. Until com- 134 SHELTER AND CLOTHING paratively recent times flax was spun with the spindle, thedistaff holding the yarn. In the sixteenth century the flaxwheel succeeded and… … Courtesy of York St. Mills, Belfast.Fig. 52.—Roughing flax. siveness of the new industry. A machine was needed to spinflax yarn as quickly as cotton, and rewards were offered fromtime to time in the hope that some inventor would give hisattention to this need. Linen is not as universally used asin…
Home Economics · Textile fabrics
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