1. Raw wool |
clòimh | wool. |
rùsg ~ rùisg | fleece. |
marbhrachan | fleece of a dead sheep. |
ceideag | tuft of wool. |
2. Oil or grease put on wool before carding |
smearadh | putting oil on wool. |
3. Carding |
cardadh | carding. |
cairt | [pl] cairtean – cards. |
cìridh | combing. |
rollag | roll of wool. |
4. Spinning |
snìomh | spinning. |
snàth caol | thin thread. |
snàth meadhonach | medium thread. |
snàth reamhar | thick thread. |
snàth garbh | thick thread. |
5. Parts of the spinning wheel |
cuidheall | spinning-wheel. |
rèim | rim. |
bonn | [sic] band or belt. |
na h-eich | sticks supporting wheel. |
maide siubhal | stick going up from treadle. |
claidheamh | stick going up from treadle. |
piùrna | bobbin (sometimes pirnea). |
cìr | comb. |
iuchair | to tighten cìr [q.v.]. |
maighdeannan | spokes. |
iteachan | bobbin. |
casachan | treadle. |
cuigeal | distaff. |
6. Yarn and associated apparatus |
cearsla ~ ceirsle | ball of yarn. |
bunnag | ball of yarn. |
iarna | hank. |
crois-iarna | winding-wheel.
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liùrag | [Cf. tachrasan]
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tachrasan | (sometimes tacharsan) [Cf. liùrag]
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dealgan | spindle. |
dealgan fersaid | [sic] to double thread. |
(an t-) seic | bar with hooks to shift thread. |
7. Dyeing |
dathadh | dyeing. |
guirmean | blueing; blue dye (store dye). |
cnotail | lichen. (onion skin used also) |
mùin | urine. |
8. Washing after dyeing |
9. Warping |
crann dealbh | warping frame. |
10. Beaming and tying |
riaghailt | tying (onto frame). |
brochan | starch for warp threads. |
11. Weaving |
figheadaireachd | weaving. |
dluth | warp. |
uachdar | woof. |
(an t-) aodach | cloth. |
12. Parts of the weaving loom |
beart | loom, frame. |
bocsa na dealbh | box for balls of yarn. |
casachan | treadle. |
imalan | heddle. |
slinn | comb(s). |
spàl | shuttle. |
spalag | shuttle. |
iteachan | bobbin. |
drumannach | wood (us. cattail) which can be cored to make bobbin. |
13. Finishing |
[washing cloth] | (Cloth washed in a brook and spread to dry, or taken to loft to dry.) |
luadhadh | waulking. |