The wooden spinning wheel is a copy of an C18th wheel. This would have been used to spin woollen yarn. The spinning wheel was replaced by machinery - firstly the Spinning Jenny and then the ...

(PHOTO BY GEORGE NORKUS) Sandy Roomey shows a young fan how to take wool sheared from a sheep and spin it into yarn.(PHOTO BY GEORGE NORKUS) Diana Golembiewski uses a spinning wheel to make yarn ...