Spinning Wheel (MS3)

In the production of cloth the wool is first ‘carded or combed’ to make sure all the fibers are untangled and aligned in one direction before it is spun on a spinning wheel. There are various different designs of wheels to be found all across Scotland. This is a field recording of Minnie Lamont ‘on the peedie wheel’ made in Shetland on 29th October 1969 . It has a lovely rhythmic sound which would of commonly been heard in most Orkney and Shetland homes. I’m certain folk would of been dancing and singing along to it’s hypnotic burring.

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