It was time to pull out the spinning wheel and get to work.
This is just one hank of my carded brown cotton that has aged well!
I grew brown cotton for years; harvested the bolls, hand ginned the seeds,
and since I'm lazy--I sent the bags off to be carded and placed into these hanks.
Mostly, purists of brown cotton will hand card their cotton into
punis--rolags.
If you want to see a wonderful exhibit of Acadian textiles.
It just takes some patience and a few hours of treadling to produce a bobbin
filled with this rich lovely fiber!
Three bobbins full = time to ply!
I love spinning my home grown brown cotton!
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