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It begins with raw wool from a sheep and ends with a beautiful blanket o r sturdy pants. Experts at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will e xplain all the steps in between on Saturday, May 4. The free event at the s ite near Charleston runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Discover how the Linc oln family produced finished cloth for use on the farmstead. Watch the inte rpreters as they weave on the site’s mid-19th century looms, producing clot h for clothes and blankets. Visitors can participate in hands-on demonstrat ions of sorting and washing the wool, teasing and carding it and finally sp inning the wool into yarn that will be knitted into items following 19th ce ntury patterns. Interpreters and volunteers will also demonstrate dying and felting as well as the final step of turning woolen jean cloth into pants for Mr. Lincoln.
A special addition this year is the Coverlet Identif ication Clinic. Visitors can bring out coverlets and other linens to the si te for identification and evaluation. Sharon Stovall will examine the anti que textiles.