Description
Highlights From This Issue
In this issue we are introduced to some of the forms of flax distaffs used in Sweden. We learn what happened later to the Estonian spinning wheel that was rescued from an island village at the beginning of World War II. Unusual features on a spinning wheel in western Canada are described.
Flax Distaffs: Swedish Textile Tradition With Influences
Using examples from her extensive collection, Kirsi Manni introduces us to the different shapes of flax distaffs in Sweden. There are various names for the styles that represent regional forms and historic traditions. Others show the influence of nearby cultures.
The Hinders Farm Wheel: A Tale of Rescue and Restoration in Estonia – Part 2
In Part 1, in Issue #123, Matilde Lind told us about the Hinders Farm spinning wheel that was collected by Estonian ethnographers and museum staff in an attempt to save artifacts from a small island community that was evacuated at the beginning of World War II. In Part 2 she traces the wheel’s later travels and the important work done by the museum staff to protect and restore it.
A Spinning Wheel From Saskatchewan
Even on vacation, spinning-wheel enthusiasts find spinning wheels. Gordon Moat was visiting family in Saskatchewan who took him to a museum that had a wheel with unusual characteristics. He describes these strange features.
