Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls

we, certainly with a reverence for the gentle hands that spun so industriously generations ago. But it has now occurred to us that we too may set the wheel a-humming, taking up with

spin,

r be set aside as a relic o

maids in Revolutionary times of our hand-spun and hand-woven fabrics. To be able to sp

nder rod tied a

ooped upper e

of blue ribbons and snowy flax? Bring it out, wherever it may be, and for the first time in many years it shall buz

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slender rod which is tied loosely at the lower end to the cross-piece of the treadle (Fig. 1), and caught at the loop

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The leat

r ends, and in these slots rests the axle. A little peg, slipped through two ho

ame th

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handle that extends out from the upper end of the bench this frame may be moved slight

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ttle grooves just above and below one of the holes (Fig. 5). These two leather rings hold the ends of the spindle, which can be easily taken out and put in by bending one of the rings backward or slightly turning one of the uprights. Fig. 6 sh

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out at right angles from the upper end. The lower end of the upright

f your Christmas

four branches up a

of pine-trees which grow like Fig. 7, and dogwood also is sometimes used. The tip of your Christmas tree will be just the thing. Strip off the bark, bring the four branches up,

wheel, but before you can "see the wheel

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e teeth that you do not bend or break them, as it will not be easy to have them replaced. In fact, it is difficult to

size of cord

is any friction. The slots that hold the axle, the spindle-stem, and t

e

or the

cord, such as is used for cording dresses. Fig. 9 gives the exact size. The length of cord for a wheel measuring eighteen and a half inches in diameter is

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and will cross

ust th

e grooves of the wheel, the other part into the other groove, allowing it to cross at the bottom (Letter B, Fig. 11). Take the spindle from its f

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est being the cheapest and the whitest the most expensive. For practice-work the cheapest is as good as the more expensive.

inning

taff, wrapping it around and around. Put on several layers, each almost

s being spun, and a crisp, dainty, pretty-colored ribbon is just as useful for the purpose as one that is old and faded, and it is far prettier to l

is ready, before a

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anage that part of the work mechanically a

d, away from you. Place one foot on the treadle, give the large wheel a turn to the right, or away from the spindle, and try to keep a steady, even motion with your foot. The jerks caused by uneven pedalling will always break the thread, so you must learn to make the wheel turn smoothly and easily, witho

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r wheel going, and, forgetting the action of your foot, give your undivided attention to drawing out the flax. Hold the strands lightly with your left hand and with your right keep constantly pulling them down and at the same time twisting them slightly. See illustration on first page. All this time you must keep the flax from matting and tangling and t

e Threa

e thread when you are really doing good work is to unwind a little from the bobbin, thread it backward through the spindle, bring the end up to meet

ing the

cocoa-nut-shell, filled with water, tied to the lower part of the spindle-frame, into which she daintily dipp

irl and the