Various items used in the production of wool
Date Added: 03 September 2025
Year: 2024
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2025_091_01 | ▶
Picture No: 17317
A series of items used in the production of wool. These comprise:
1: a fleece (from Betty the Shetland Sheep) (2025_091_01),
2: a Mudag - a basket made of beech for holding Rolags prior to spinning. A rolag is wool that has been carded to smooth out the fibres and then rolled in to tubes (2025_091_02),
3: a pair of carders (2025_091_03),
4: a skein of Shetland wool (2025_091_04), and
5: a small collection of croatal (a lichen used for dyeing wool) (2025_091_05).
Photographs of all of the items can be seen in the attached pdf file.
Dimensions: Various
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