Textiles by Fiona McDonald

Author:Fiona McDonald [McDonald, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781844686032
Publisher: Remember When
Published: 2012-11-07T22:00:00+00:00

Sailor Knitting.

Shepherds were another group of men who made their own warm clothing by knitting them. It is easy to see the link between shepherd and knitting as the raw material was always there before him in the field. It would have been from the sheep he tended that he took the fleece. His wife, or other female family member (a mother or aunt) may have combed or carded it and spun it in to thread for him to take out and work at while overseeing his flock’s welfare. It would probably have been greasy wool, that is, only surface cleaned so much of the natural lanolin remained in the yarn. Greasy wool offers more protection from wind and rain than scoured wool.

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