On Tuesday afternoon, we were lucky enough to have Miss Stewart come and demonstrate to us how to spin wool into yarn.
Unlike last week when Doug sheared his sheep for us which had white wool, Miss Stewart breeds coloured sheep, so the wool from her sheep is dark brown.
Miss Stewart has a portable spinning wheel which she uses to spin the wool.
The yarn winds onto the bobbin.
The spinning wheel twists the wool to make it stronger as it winds into a long thread. Miss Stewart uses her foot to push the peddle up and down which spins the wheel in her spinning wheel.
Miss Stewart showed us how to make rainbow coloured wool by winding different colours together from the bobbins.
Miss Stewart showed us the niddy noddy, (what a great name!)
The yarn then gets put onto the swift so it can be rolled into balls for knitting.
Miss Stewart showed us some of the things she has made out of the yarn. She knits, felts, crochets and weaves the wool to make nice clothes to wear in the cooler months.
Thanks to Miss Stewart for taking the time to come and demonstrate spinning to us. We learnt so much. It was a great afternoon.
