spun wool
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Rural women spun wool or flax into thread, and men then wove it into woolen cloth or linen.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
She led sing-alongs, knitting circles, spun wool, owned multiple thrift shops and loved to teach people to sing, they said.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2022
At home, they had lived on a fish-and-potato diet, carded and spun wool by the light of oil lamps, ridden in bullock carts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jacob picks up some spun wool and twirls it between his fingers.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
The women-folk, constructing spinning-wheels from old sewing-machines, spun wool beautifully, and knitted socks and other articles as fine and as strong as any that can be bought in shops.
From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.
