Add to ORKGhankAfter twisting was completed, the yarn was ready to be made into "skeins", the term used commonly in Conception Bay communities, or into "hanks", the term used on the Southern Shore. Skeins or hanks were simply coils of spun wool, tied together at one end to keep the strands together.G. M. Story JAN 1976 JAN 1976Not usedNot usedWithdraw
yarn...an exaggerated talePRINTED ITEMG.M. Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970Not usedNot usedWithdraw
Photo from Dimen Village of cotton skeins hanging on a bamboo pole to air dry. They have been twiste...
Topsail--schoonersThen there was a busy scene as the [sealing] vessels, "Topsail-schooners", genera...
skein nAfter twisting was completed, the yarn was ready to be made into "skeins", the term used c...
hankerA special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One d...
hankerA special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One d...
speckledTwo strands of white yarn were often twisted together. A common practice, though, was to tw...
bendTo attach a sail to the mast or boom with hanks.PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story July 1956Used IUsed I...
"Process #6: coiling the yarn into skeins." Three women sit outdoors, spinning yarn on to wheels tha...
rope n. . . our foresail came over without breaking a rope yarn, and with the land filling on thi...
skein nn. A long string, as of seals or ice.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story July 1959Used IUsed INo...
card[The wool] was in the rough stage, meaning that it had merely been shorn from the sheep, washed...
scaffoldsAt that time herring was very plentiful and we saw twenty American vessels tied up with s...
"Process #7: These skeins are carefully washed, again in cold water (there is little or no oil in ou...
rolag. . .a long roll of wool began to form on the cards. . The roll that was formed was approximat...
yarn...an exaggerated talePRINTED ITEMG.M. Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970Not usedNot usedWithdraw
Photo from Dimen Village of cotton skeins hanging on a bamboo pole to air dry. They have been twiste...
Topsail--schoonersThen there was a busy scene as the [sealing] vessels, "Topsail-schooners", genera...
skein nAfter twisting was completed, the yarn was ready to be made into "skeins", the term used c...
hankerA special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One d...
hankerA special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One d...
speckledTwo strands of white yarn were often twisted together. A common practice, though, was to tw...
bendTo attach a sail to the mast or boom with hanks.PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story July 1956Used IUsed I...
"Process #6: coiling the yarn into skeins." Three women sit outdoors, spinning yarn on to wheels tha...
rope n. . . our foresail came over without breaking a rope yarn, and with the land filling on thi...
skein nn. A long string, as of seals or ice.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story July 1959Used IUsed INo...
card[The wool] was in the rough stage, meaning that it had merely been shorn from the sheep, washed...
scaffoldsAt that time herring was very plentiful and we saw twenty American vessels tied up with s...
"Process #7: These skeins are carefully washed, again in cold water (there is little or no oil in ou...
rolag. . .a long roll of wool began to form on the cards. . The roll that was formed was approximat...
yarn...an exaggerated talePRINTED ITEMG.M. Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970Not usedNot usedWithdraw
Photo from Dimen Village of cotton skeins hanging on a bamboo pole to air dry. They have been twiste...
Topsail--schoonersThen there was a busy scene as the [sealing] vessels, "Topsail-schooners", genera...