How Fibres Are Spun (1940 1949)

British Instructional Films presentation. Spinning processes. Using hands. wool is pulled from a tuft straight from the sheep. It tends to break so some preparation is needed. Firstly it is opened out. Wool is opened out by two women. A West African woman pulls seeds from raw cotton. This is a process known as jinning (sp ). Raw cotton is picked up by a stick. Knocking the stick continuously separates the fibres. The wool is then carded. This separates the fibres even further, they lie roughly in the same direction and there is a fairly even texture. It is made into a roll called a rolag (sp ). Lots of rolags are displayed. A hand spindle is illustrated. C, U of woman s hands as she operates the spindle. Yugoslavian peasant spins wool slightly differently, carded wool is fastened to a distaff. C, U of hand movement. Cotton being spun by a West African woman, the spindle is supported by a bowl. Spinning wheel is illustrated. Treadle wheel frees both hands for spinning. A foot