Yarn

on the Farms of North and South Carolina. I went through the process that every piece of cotton wishes to go through. After going through the gen and being packaged, I was sold to a large company. I went through the hardship of being turned into yarn. The only thing that eased the pain was my friend, Fleece. I was slowly shaved away, 5 millimeters of cotton at a time, and was sent away to the cleaning and blending machine. I shortly met up with Fleece, because the blending and cleaning machine…

Living like My Grandparents. Growing up, I was able to stay with my grandparents, Mammie and Daddy James, during the summer. I loved it, but I had wished they would get more modern, and stop farming. My Daddy James would get up at daybreak to feed and water the chickens, cows, and horses. Then he would come in the house with fresh milk and eggs and Mammie would cook breakfast. All day it seemed we worked in the garden. Then in the evening we would spend hours either canning, pickling,…

the uniforms at the beginning of the war than at the end. Troops usually carried a knapsack. The knapsack usually had a tent, coat, blanket, food, and any personal items. To mend their uniforms, soldiers would bring a “housewife”, a kit with needles, yarn, and a thimble that was easy to carry so soldiers could bring it without it taking up too much space. Not all troops wore the classic blue or occasional grey, there were some special troops. Well known was Hiram Berdan’s Union sharpshooters.…

property and protected many of the local businesses. During the time period there were advances in new technologies. Cotton had become essential for creating new goods to sell. New machines for cotton had been created like the Spinning Jenny which used yarn to create and spin it. The steam engine which had created more goods for the cotton industry.Transportation was huge in the revolution as well including trains and other forms of transportation. The Government was rich in Europe places like…

The Industrial Revolution led to the mass exploitation of workers in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Workers formed trade unions. The trade unions won rights for the workers and their families. This was the first time workers made a demand of their employees. Working in a factory and working at home was very different. Work and home had to be separate. The public would be for work and then private was for your home. Gender roles became an issue. Men were to go to the factory to…

Another, theme in this poem is the role of storytelling especially with the ways oral traditions are written down. Ayah, does not tell this story directly instead it is composed of her memories this provides an internal dialogue, which functions as the story. It weaves the good memories of the past with the painful memories of the present through associating the memories with common themes threaded through them. This allows the poem to not be limited by the events being told in chronological…

The painting “Women of Tahiti” by Paul Gauguin grabbed my attention because it makes me feel like I’m at the beach with them. This painting was created in 1891 with oil on canvas. Gauguin’s work displays the atmosphere of Tahiti. The painting first caught my eye with the bright vivid colors. After that my attention was drawled to the women. Leaving me with the feeling that I’m on the beach with them. Gauguin usage of warm hues creates the feeling of warmth. The colors pink and red and white…

In the past chapter, the overall problem was outlined. A structural member is needed to react the load within the system and transfer it from shoulder to waist. All past concepts proposed had no direct route towards flexibility nor actuation, these are key factors in determining the initial concept. In this chapter, solutions for the compression column are investigated, and an initial concept is proposed. This initial concept is broken down into its constitutive parts, and a plan for…

Some people prefer their agriculture business to be based on crops while others prefer to take care of livestock as an alternate. The agriculture business that I chose to build and make profit from being a sheep farm. On this farm I am going to be raising Rambouillet sheep for their fine luscious wool. My sheep farm is going to be in Southwest part of Texas. This fine and lovely sheep farm is going to be called the Carver Farm. The reason why I chose a sheep farm as my business is because I…

engine was predominantly used to pump water out of mines, allowing them to reach depths previously barred to man. Another example was the Spinning Jenny. This machine could either be powered by a water wheel or a steam engine, and was used to produce yarn during the growing demand for the product. All these machines working hand in hand, allowed…