>> Mrs. Edmondson noted that whereas a shawl generally requited four to five ounces (110 - 140 gm) of yarn in the hands of the most expert spinners 6,000 yards of thread, or enough for a good-sized shawl, could be spun from a little as two ounces [56 gm] of wool."
(that's 48,000 yards per pound.) << <clearing throat> <trying to think of something to say, besides nothing> That was spun on a hand spindle, right? <shaking head> I have to go think on this. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
