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From Fleece to Fabric | Wool and Wales

Discover the journey from 'Fleece to Fabric' by exploring the traditional, or Cottage Industry way of making fabric and how industrialisation changed the process in the Woollen Mill.

The Cottage Industry
The Woollen Mill
Sheep shearing at Talybont fair, Ceredigion, 1900

Sheep shearing at Talybont fair, Ceredigion, 1900

Carding with Hand Cards

Carding with Hand Cards

Sarah Roberts of Llangower with her spinning wheel, about 1870.

Sarah Roberts of Llangower with her spinning wheel, about 1870.

Hand loom

Weaving on a Hand Loom 

Cambrian mill rebuilt after fire

Cambrian mill rebuilt after fire

carding machine

Carding using the Carding Engine

Spinning on the Spinning Mule

Spinning on the Spinning Mule

dobcross loom

Weaving on the 'Dobcross' Loom

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