Click reel
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Textile, Wood
Measurements
1040 x 710 x 730 mm
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Lavenham, Suffolk
NT 117317.18
Summary
Click reel yarn winder. This was used to measure yarn and turn it into a length called a skein. It clicked each time it made one rotation. The sound was made by a part called a weasel, which is where the phrase 'pop goes the weasel' comes from. Clothworker's Exhibition.
Provenance
Acquired with a grant from the Clothworkers Guild in 1982.