SPINNING RED CROSS WOOL AT HOME.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 19 November 1915, Page 2

SPINNING RED CROSS WOOL AT HOME.

From a magazine packed full of good things —and that is what the November issue of “Bverylady’s Journal” actually is—it is difficult to choose the best, but perhaps the palm may be awardel to an illustrated nibble on wool-spinning by hand. This is the description of a revival in Australia and New Zealand of an ancient craft that has been brought about by the war. Owing to the tremendous demand,theire has come about a shortage of wool, and one or two women who learned the art of spinning our own wool. There was a flavour of romance in the idea of I taking tihe wool from the sheep’s back and carding, spinning, then working it into socks for the boys in the trenches, and spinning guilds sprang up all over the country. The article in “Everylady’s cu'rnal” tells how the movement began, how it progresses, and how any girl or woman may become a spinner.