Linen . brought great admiration. One lady near Lurgan, a Mrs. Turtle, spun linen yarn sofine that three hanks of it (, about 10,800 yards) couldbe passed through a wedding ring. It was then workedby a cambric weaver, and the cloth, after being bleachedand ornamented, was presented to Queen Charlotte, who,in turn, sent the donor a reel and wheel of beautiful late Lord Kelvin, in his arithmetic, stray copies ofwhich are yet extant in Ulster, tells of the skill of a girl,Catherine Woods, in his native place, Ballynahinch,County Down. When about thirteen years of age shespun a hank o
Linen . brought great admiration. One lady near Lurgan, a Mrs. Turtle, spun linen yarn sofine that three hanks of it (, about 10,800 yards) couldbe passed through a wedding ring. It was then workedby a cambric weaver, and the cloth, after being bleachedand ornamented, was presented to Queen Charlotte, who,in turn, sent the donor a reel and wheel of beautiful late Lord Kelvin, in his arithmetic, stray copies ofwhich are yet extant in Ulster, tells of the skill of a girl,Catherine Woods, in his native place, Ballynahinch,County Down. When about thirteen years of age shespun a hank of linen yarn, of 12 cuts, each cut 120 threads,and each thread 2| yards—weighing altogether only 10grains, which was at the rate of 700 hanks to the extreme fine quality of this yarn may be judgedwhen he estimated that 1 lb. of it would stretch out1,432 miles, or from London to Berlin. However, the old order must ever give place to thenew, and if the introduction of machinery in spinning 114. The Spinning Mill linen yarn did not lead to improvement in quality itcertainly did in quantity. In fact, one girl spinner now-adays can turn off as much yarn per day as 400 womencould with 400 wheels in the old days. Now the great object of spinning is to give the fibresconsistency and strength, and this is accomplished bytwist. The effects made are really magical. Thus thefibre at first hangs loosely together. It has no strength,and it is merely sliver. Suddenly it is given a twist,and, presto ! it is changed into yarn. It becomes hard,smooth, strong and useful. The twist put on the yarn issuch that the fibres will rather break than slide over eachother. Now as an individual strand, or united with otherstrands, it is so powerful that it may be woven intocloths that literally defy the elements, as in sails,or threads holding together portions of garments whichoutlive the existence of the wearers. Dry Spinning.—Spinning in England and Scotland ismostly dry spinning, whereas i
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