New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Unidentified woman uses her spinning wheel to produce yarn. Many pioneer daughters reported that their mother brought a spinning wheel from the homeland to the homestead. (What an awkward package that must have been!) Mrs. Howard Schmid recalled how her mother Signe Aslakson spent many hours carding, spinning wool yarn and knitting socks. Signe was so good, she could knit and read at the same time.