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Archaeology at Pope’s Tavern: Spinning
October 5 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Textile artisan & fiber arts instructor Emily Wallace will offer a closer look at the craft of yarn spinning in Alabama, exploring the skills, materials & preparation required to turn raw fiber into thread. Participants will gain insight into how this hands-on practice shaped daily life and connected people to their materials.
Wallace is a textile artisan & fiber-arts instructor from north Alabama, where she explores both historic & modern approaches to producing fiber goods by hand. She teaches textile workshops at the Burritt Folk School in Huntsville & tends a small flock of conservation breed sheep at her home.
After the workshop, Archaeology at Pope’s Tavern will continue its excavation of Test
Unit 7.