| 1. Raw wool |
| oluinn | wool. |
| lomradh | fleece. |
| eirigh | wool found next to the skin. |
| oluinn na marchann | wool from the dead skin. |
| craiceann | wool of a sheep killed in November. |
| lomradh | wool shorn off in summer. |
| toban | a wreath or tuft of wool. |
| 2. Oil or grease put on wool before carding |
| armadh | oil or grease put on wool for carding. |
| 3. Carding |
| cardadh | carding. |
| cìreadh | carding or teasing of wool. |
| cardan | the combs used [for carding]. |
| ciosain | baskets to hold the wool.. |
| peurda | tuft of wool off the cards. |
| rolagan | the long roll of wool as it leaves the cards for the spinning. |
| 4. Spinning |
| [note] | (Never saw spinning being done.) |
| 5. Parts of the spinning wheel |
| [note] | (Knows nothing about the spinning wheel.) |
| 6. Yarn and associated apparatus |
| ceirsle | ball of yarn. |
| iarna | hank. |
| crois-thachrais | reel. |
| iteachan | bobbin. |
| iteachan | pirn. |
| fearsaid na dealgan | spindle. |
| cuigeal | distaff. |
| liaghradh | winding reel. |
| croisearna | device for making hanks of yarn. |
| 7. Dyeing |
| a dath | dyeing (‘a’ is pronounced ‘e’). |
| dathadaireachd | the process of dyeing. |
| crotal | dark brown [dye]. Lichens scraped from rocks give this dye. |
| [heather] | Heather gives the well-known heather mixture. |
| Other substances used for dyeing wool are: |
| sealbhag | sorrel (the roots were boiled). |
| copag | docken (the roots were boiled). |
| sùithe | soot. |
| [and minerals] | |
| [chemicals] | Chemicals are used in dyeing as fixtures or mordants. |
| [boilers] | Dyeing is done in large boilers. |
| 8. Washing after dyeing |
| glanadh | washing after dyeing. |
| siabann, soda nighe, uisge | agents [used to wash wool after dyeing]. |
| tuba, ballan, pràis-mhor, bascaid | apparatus used [to wash wool after dyeing]. |
| 9. Warping |
| a deilbh | warping. |
| [note] | (Parts of the warping frame – not known.) |
| 10. Beaming and tying |
| [note] | (Knows nothing about above.) |
| 11. Weaving |
| figh | weaving. |
| a fighadh | weaving. |
| figheadair | a weaver. |
| an snath-cuire | weft. |
| an dlùth | warp. |
| clò na aodach | the cloth. |
| fuigheag | piece cut off [between two tweeds when the completed tweed is taken off the loom]. |
| inneadh | term used when there is not enough weft. |
| 12. Parts of the weaving loom |
| [note] | (Knows nothing about above.) |
| 13. Finishing |
| [note] | (Knows nothing about above.) |
