Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1916)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, Macmillan · leaf 140
to be made into yarn. Care must betaken to overlap the bundles on the spread board so thatthe line of flax will be continuous (see Fig. 54). FLAX 137 The slivers of flax are delivered from the spread boardsin cans and subjected to processes similar to those in cottonmanufacture which reduce the… … Courtesy of York St. Mills, Belfast,Fig. 55. — Flax spinning. used for cotton (see Fig. 55). The rovings are drawnout, twisted, and wound. The rovings pass between rollersand in wet spinning through a trough of warm water whichdissolves some of the gummy substance of the fiber andmakes possible a…
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