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

But we must imagine that some use was made, besides plaiting, of the spun wool, of which the early northern women have left us evidence, in the whorls of their spindles, from prehistoric times.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess