The Sisters at Pleasant Hill were accomplished spinners and weavers and made a variety of goods. They imported worms from Europe and introduced the silk industry into Kentucky in 1816. Color Photo by Walter H. Miller & Co. A Koppel Card Number: 148551 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/tusoiQ
Read More →A Pleasant Hill craftswoman weaves overshot coverlets using traditional 19th century patterns. Color Photo by Walter H. Miller A Koppel Card Number: 167966 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/sQdn4r
Read More →Deft-fingered housewives, as in colonial days, spin flax into yarn by hand and fashion fabrics on an old loom in the Greenhow Lumber House. Open to visitors. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224 Number: 530 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/tssPEf
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