Category: England, Reelers

Categories: England, Occupations

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A Reeler received yarn on bobbins or paper tubes and arranged it on a shelf above the machine; guided and attached the end of the yarn to swifts (skeleton reels), which revolved and wound the yarn upon themselves, in skein form; controlled the power drive on the machine; mended broken threads; removed the hanks or skeins of yarn from the machine when completed.

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