Yes, there was yarn

Our excursion Sunday was to a nearby village that was the site of a small knitting factory that opened in the 19th century. The factory unfortunately closed in 1989, but it has been converted into a museum, keeping most of the old spinning and knitting machinery in working order. The original factory primarily made machine-knit (and hand-finished) clothing, especially woolen long underwear.

That is just some of the old equipment on display.

That is a bin of single ply thread ready to be made into either cloth for garments, or finished yarn for knitting.

The museum shop was lovely, with a nice collection of knit items, books, and other souvenirs. You know I was there for the yarn, right?

Some of that did come home with me.



That little guy didn’t end up in my shopping bag, though he sure is cute.

Author: Lorette

My name is Lorette. I learned to knit in 1999, and took up spinning in 2009. I'm a physician specializing in internal medicine, and live in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy my blog!

4 thoughts on “Yes, there was yarn”

  1. I am picturing long underwear in some of the colors on display — turquoise, lime green, red — what a hoot!

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