HOME SPINNING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23769, 24 September 1940, Page 11

HOME SPINNING

CHEAP WHEEL DEVISED RESULT OF EXPERIMENTS NATIONAL SERVICE MOVEMENT The recent request made to tho women of New Zealand to extend their patriotic work to home spinning in view of the Dominion-wide knitting wool shortage wae actively taken up by the women's section of the National Service Movement, which promptly instituted a spinning circle in its organisation. Research, Investigation and experiment have been carried out with the result that a practical wheel has been devised which can be made locally at an economical price. All types of purebred and cross-bred fleece have been tested and dyeing experiments with locally available materials were conducted. The article produced has been proved entirely serviceable. The country was combed for expert teachers in the craft and the spinning circle now has the voluntary services of six expert instructors for Auckland city and for demonstrations in the surrounding districts.

"With the favourable wool season approaching; the organisation hopes to achieve practical working circles in tho, near future in.its club rooms and,other suitable premises: Its aim is to have hundreds of voluntary spinners working in relays, so that the result will be the work of 100 workers labouring a full-time week. It is anticipated that there will be no difficulty in getting unlimited numbers of workers. The organisation is at present making a drive for funds in Auckland for the purchase of equipment for the spinning project.