Irish Linen & Wool Worker Demonstrations

The fame of Irish linen and wool is widespread, but how are these two products made?  Observe the process from beginning to end as the workers use authentic tools to change dull-looking fibers to glorious fabrics before your eyes.

Tim and Katheleen Nealeigh will use authentic 19th century tools to produce world-famous Irish linen and wool.  Linen begins as the humble flax plant which is pulled up, retted, dried, scutched, hackled, and spun into linen thread. The linen fabric is then woven using a loom from the 1850's. Wool is shorn, picked, carded or flicked, and spun into yarn.  A delightful, informative running commentary during the continuous demonstration will provide the human touch to these nearly forgotten skills.
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