CORRECTION I just did a search on google and linsey Woolsey is NOT 2 ply flax and wool. it is a woven fabric with linen warp and wool weft. Sorry for the bad bad memory. Pat I recall that I read somewhere of a fabric or yarn that was called linsey-woolsey. This was made from a ply of flax and wool. I wish I could remember where. It may have even just been seen at a museum. As others have said, the 'flax' wheels were definitely used for wool. my grandmother had a wheel which her mother brought from germany in the 1800's when came to this country. She(my great-grand-mother) did not spin flax on it, but plenty of wool as did my grandmother. They had a farm in Wisconsin and among the animals they raised was a small flock of sheep and that was the wool she used.
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