Next Mrs Ross Spun the wool. She showed us two ways of spinning. The first was a spindle where you spin the wool by hand. Then she showed us how to use a spinning wheel.
We all had a turn on the spinning wheel but it was a bit harder than it looked.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Spinning
On Tuesday we had a visit from Mrs Ross who showed us all about how you turn wool from a sheep into wool that you can use to knit or weave.
First we looked at some wool that had been shorn from a sheep and washed. Liam said it was really soft. Ben said some of the wool was a bit stinky.
First she had to card the wool, which takes the knots out of the wool and helps get rid of any twigs and grass in the wool (Rachel). The picture shows her using a hand carder.
Next Mrs Ross Spun the wool. She showed us two ways of spinning. The first was a spindle where you spin the wool by hand. Then she showed us how to use a spinning wheel.
We all had a turn on the spinning wheel but it was a bit harder than it looked.
Next Mrs Ross Spun the wool. She showed us two ways of spinning. The first was a spindle where you spin the wool by hand. Then she showed us how to use a spinning wheel.
We all had a turn on the spinning wheel but it was a bit harder than it looked.
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What a fantastic experience this was to see how wool for knitting is created. Wish I could have been there to see it too.
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Ihad fun turning the weel.From Liam.
ReplyDeleteThe sheep wool is really smelly but I did get to do the spinning machaine.Arama
ReplyDeleteI wasn't there because I was sick.
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