Yarn

meaning of words and English sayings was misconstrued by his lack of proper knowledge about English culture: Other words/ that got me into trouble were / fight and fright, wren and yarn./ Fight was what I did when I was frightened, / Fight was what I felt when I was fighting/ Wrens are small, plain birds, / yarn is what one knots with.…

Lace was extremely expensive because they were handmade pieces that required a lot of time and effort, especially if using gold or silver yarn. In 1583, Philip Stubbs wrote in his Anatomie of Abuses, “I have heard of shirts that have cost some ten shillings, some twenty, some forty.” In fact, in the seventeenth century, King Charles I admitted to paying anywhere between £25 to £35 for a single…

operating the water frame and occasionally the spinning jenny which young people pack cotton into for me. My section of the work practice produces both woof and warp yarn-separately created on the separate machines. People use the yarn we produce from our mill to weave into various types of fabrics. Whenever the production process of the yarn reaches completion at Cromford, it is either sent directly to stores for public purchase or sent to another company who construct it as their own product…

In 1870, Camille Poirier started a shoe and leather goods store in Duluth, Minnesota. His first pack, the #3 Duluth Pack, that was available only in olive drab, was patented by Poirer in 1882. He expanded the products offered, to include wagon covers, auto packs, and shell bags for hunters. In 1911, he moved his shop to a larger building. During the Great Depression, more repairs were performed than new packs produced, but in the 1940's when the economy prospered and recreation soared,…

help them along the way. Tubman had all the other conductors of the Underground Railroad and also all of the people who ran the safe houses for them to stop at. Lincoln had many friends. He told them jokes, yarns, and just had a good time with them. One of his friends said that his long yarns…

Created in 1965 by Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar is a synthetic fiber that can be used in a wide variety of ways [1]. It is used to make body armor, tires and automotive belts. Governments around the world use this material to protect their soldiers in combat, motorcyclists use it to protect themselves against road rash in the event of a crash, and it is also utilized in ropes and cables. While these uses for Kevlar have revolutionized personal protection, there is one particular application for…

Students will get used to tie their own shoe. Primary Standards Addressed: PE.K.R.2.2 willingly try new movements and motor skills. Materials: • Tennis shoe template printed on construction paper (1 per child) • Crayons or markers • Long strands of yarn (1 per child) • Hole punch (teacher only use Essential Question of the Day: How many shoes do you wear? What do you so you don 't bother on your shoe lace? Opening: 1) Read a book about shoe tying 2) Show shoe tying video. 3) Demonstrate…

Assessment Type 1: Practical Activity Area of Study: Political and Legal Issues Children’s Services Action Plan Aim: In recognising the vital role children’s services provide, an item will be constructed and donated to support children in the broader community. Issues: - The Area of Study, Political and Legal Issues, will be addressed by the task supporting the wellbeing and special needs of vulnerable children, and providing an opportunity to empower and give back to the community. - The…

importation agreement and instead of boycotting then started spinning bees, in which you spin yarn and wool to make fabric. The daughters of liberty accomplished things too, though some being that when they started to refuse to buy any British goods they made their own homemade goods and clothes, instead of cloth and tea, they dried raspberry leaves to make tea and used their traditional skills to spin yarn and weave cloth called “homespun”. They were all committed to only using items made by…

Alpaca has originated around the Pre-Inca and Inca times. It also has different variations to be referred to, some call the Alpaca wool “fiber from the gods”. Alpaca wool mostly comes from Peru and South America. In the Pre-Inca and Inca times to own alpaca wool you had to be of high royalty and sometimes artists that could use to to make various different things. At this time Inca only used fabric as payment and to receive any type of fabric as a gift was of very high respect, and very valuable…