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.
Definitely yarn you will remember the story of.
Gorgeous colors!! I fun reminder of your trip.
I am picturing long underwear in some of the colors on display — turquoise, lime green, red — what a hoot!