>>  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
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