| Spinning wheels lined the walls and at the central tables others sorted, hackled and carded the wool. |
| Then the stems were hackled to remove any remaining non-fibrous material by drawing them through a big comb consisting of a bed of nails in a wooden board. |
| My home-tied creations, particularly easily dressed and sparsely hackled spiders, were eventually good enough to put to use on the Endrick and the Clyde. |
