I took this picture yesterday at Old World Wisconsin. This is Rachel, one of my colleagues, at the spinning wheel in the Kvaale house. Rachel is over 6 feet tall, and it’s a wonder she hasn’t given herself a concussion every day as she passes from this room into the kitchen. The doorway is probably only 5 and a half feet tall.
The Norwegian immigrants knew how to stay warm – a very useful skill in Wisconsin winters, too.
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Great pics.. I’ve tried spinning a couple of times and it’s REALLY hard to co-ordinate everything at once..
Good! Then I’m not the only one!
Alot of work sure did go into making yarn in those days, in comparison to the many of us who can just go to the store and by a ball.
I still think the flax-to-linen process is even more labor intensive. They do that at the Schultz house at Old World Wisconsin.
AH! Your posts make me wan to visit Old World Wisconsin so much.