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...,. . t — Voi.. XI. May 1, 1863. No. 6...
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XXIIL—WOOL, KNITTING IN THE SHETLAND
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e. It lias frequently been observed, alt...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY . ¦
...,. . T — Voi.. Xi. May 1, 1863. No. 6...
...,. . t — Voi .. XI . May 1 , 1863 . No . 63 .
Xxiil—Wool, Knitting In The Shetland
XXIIL—WOOL , KNITTING IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS .
E. It Lias Frequently Been Observed, Alt...
e . It lias frequently been observed , although we trust it is not too cultivation two
blades trite for of repetition grass to , that spring the where person onl who y one by grew before , causes is a
benefactor to mankind . material every Every act addition into of ours a useful , h by j means which commodit of we labour change adds to the a so comparativ much resources to the el of y societ valueless riches y— of y
, the world . the This ource simple of fact the lies wealth at the of root nations of all . p It olitical deserves economy to be , and often is
s recollected for the encouragement of the industrious classes . While it is well understood that a little raw cotton or flax , of be madechiefl
not more than a single shilling's value , may , y by the delicate manipulation of femalesinto lace for which many
district guineas of will the be Shetland paid , it is Islands less generall a few , y ounces known of that fine in wool the , remote which .
do not cost above sixpence , are manufactured , by one and the same pounds girl into a No shawl machinery of fabric is so needed rarely it delicat is all e finger as to be work "worth —from several the
. , knitting plucking , to of the the wool bleaching from and the animal dressing ' s — back all — is carding clone b , y sp indefati inning - ,
gable Eng female lishwomen _industrjr ! these alone are . your comp all atriots uni ! Their A few situation particu ,
the lars their attention respecting resources of , them their those emp may who loyment not will lend be , uninteresting are a hand in que making , . and may their attract _worlc ? -
better In the known first , and place more Shetland remunerative is far . away—in the North Sea ,
direct north from Great , Britain , in a stormy latitude—far away from the rich and the noblefar from merchants , and shops , and
millinery gardens where establishment female of labour s , the far islands , from may be factories are needed fishermen , and , and farms who well , h paid and owever hop for , The male population ,
, , VOL . XI . M
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/1/
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