Keywords: Yarn
Item 17298
Acadian woman spinning yarn, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Painting
Item 26078
Limerick Mills, Limerick, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Limerick Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4
"… supply of Asian raw silk for making silk yarn encouraged dress silk manufacturing, which became well established in the 1880s."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3
"It features thick yellow yarn and gold lurex braid edging the neckline, cuffs and inset waistband areas which are studded with multi-colored glass…"
Story
Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger
Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes
