stages of wool spinning

wool

Wool is used in the manufacture of woolen garments, which are characterized by their warmth in the cold winter season. It can also be used in the manufacture of some types of carpets and mattresses, in addition to the manufacture of pillows, quilts and mattresses. In this article, we will introduce you in detail to the stages of hand spinning wool.

     The stages of spinning wool by hand.

     Women in villages and rural areas raise cattle and sheep, and sometimes cut the wool with special tools. This process is called shearing. After that, they work on spinning this wool and using it in different ways. The wool spinning process goes through a series of stages until it reaches its final form, and these stages are:

•      Shearing the sheep's wool and manually cleaning it from some of the substances suspended in it, then washing it more than once with water until it is completely clean, then spreading it in the sun for several days until it is completely dry and easy to clean. use. 

• Drying the wool, then manually squeezing it, thus increasing its volume, in addition to removing all the knots, to facilitate its spinning.

•      Spin the wool well by twisting it by hand pressing it into long and rather thin ropes.

• She put two thin strands of wool together, then twisted them together to form one long, twisted strand of wool.

• She gathered up a large bundle of woolen threads, which were prepared in large bundles, and set them aside to prepare the way for dyeing them in many different colors. When spinning wool, the resulting threads are white, so it is preferable to dye these threads in many colors, so that we obtain distinctive woolen products, and the dyeing is done by preparing large basins full of hot water, adding each color of the dyes.  in a basin, then putting the threads in these basins, and turning them well until the threads are well dyed in different colors.

•      Remove the dyed threads from the colored trays, and spread them in well-ventilated places to dry, and thus they are ready to use, since they are wrapped in the form of medium balls, and stored until they are needed. 

Information about wool yarns

• The thickness of the resulting yarn can be controlled by the process of spinning and winding the wool. The more the woolen thread is twisted, the thinner it is.

• The wool spinning process is one of the handicrafts that women work on, and it is also considered a good way to earn a living and increase family income. Women have been working in such professions since ancient times, and some women still work in them today.