Group C members: Ann Beimers, Kenton Nagle, Soren Eversoll, Eila Planinc For this lab we were split into three stations: spinning, carding, and weaving. For each station, I attempted to record as much quantitative data as possible, but mostly ended up with qualitative reflections on what I was observing. Spinning What was the learning curve…

by Bee Candelaria Spinning Demonstration by Alejandra We couldn’t have merely begun this lab without the expert, Alejandra, to show up how to spin the wool. The skill floor (to take a term from Rahim) for spinning was higher than the other activities. The method we were taught is illustrated in this gallery. Most students…

Group A Members: Helen Banta, Amelie Cook, Emma Jahn, Ben Scott-Lewis Our lab this week was focused on the process of wool-working—specifically, the tasks of carding, spinning, and weaving. Our group was lucky enough to get to do the tasks in this order, so we got a chance to use the wool we carded ourselves…

Group Members: Ruby Becker, Morgan Dieschbourg, Marta Kondratiuk, Chris O’Mara The majority of our data from this lab is qualitative as we found it difficult to quantify the experience. In the cases where quantitative data is present it is not representative of the process of wool working in the ancient world as we were all…