A Working Spinning Mill in Maine

View a video of Bartlettyarns, a working spinning mill in Maine with a spinning mule,  http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/114119/0/Behind-the-scenes-at-Bartlettyarns (thanks to Mary in our class)

Spinning

Luttrell Psalter, British Library, London, 14th c. England,  http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/ttpbooks.html

1170 Hunterian Psalter Eve spinning,  http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/psalter/psalterindex.html

British Library, early 14th century

Gothic Spinning Virgin, Erfurter Meister, Staatliche Museum, Gemäldgalerie, Berlin

Mary Spinning with  Joseph before the Birth of Jesus,  Strasbourg, Musee de Notre-Dame I’Oeuvre, inv 1482

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fr. 12420, f. 71 Gaia. Early 15th century.
















Romanesque Spinning Virgin, Catalan Fresco, Museu d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

The Virgin Spinning (Hungarian, unknown artist)

Unwinding thread from the drop spindle and making a skein. MS Fr. 599, f. 48, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. 15th c. France

Weaving, spinning, and combing flax. MS Fr. 598, f. 70v, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. 15th c. France















Weaving, spinning, carding wool, and combing flax. MS Royal 16 Gv, f. 56, British Library, London. 15th c. France

Woman spinning flax using a drop spindle and distaff. MS Fr. 599, f. 40, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. 15th c. France

MS 17, Musee Dobree, Nantes 16th c. France

















Woman spinning on a great wheel which is turned by a crank. MS 17, Musee Dobree, Nantes 16th c. France

Week 1 - February 2 - References

Aspin, Chris, The Cotton Industry, Shire Publications, 1981.
Aspin, Chris, The Woollen Industry, Shire Publications, 1982.
Baines, Patricia, Spinning Wheels, Spinners, & Spinning, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1977.
Bush, Sarah, The Silk Industry, 2nd ed. Shire Publications, 2000.
Gillow, John and Sentance, Bryan, World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques, Thames & Hudson, 1999.
Henson, Elizabeth, British Sheep Breeds, Shire Publications, 1986.
Ingram, Arthur, Shepherding Tools and Customs, Shire Publications, 1977.
Leadbeater, Elliza, Spinning and Spinning Wheels, Shire Publications, 1979.
Vickery, Anne Einset, Felting by Hand, Craft Works Publishing, 1987.

Sciaky, Carla, "Spin the Weaver's Song," Green Linnet Records, 1992.