Bernat's Shetland Wool

Title

Bernat's Shetland Wool

Creator

Emile Bernat & Sons Co

Date

1925-1930

Description

Top of card has two holes where it would be on a spindle for viewing. Each side of card has smaller holes with different color yarn displayed, number of color by hole. There are 59 colors on the card.*Printed middle of card, black ink: "BERNAT'S / SHETLAND WOOL / An ideal knitting yarn; also adapted for wearing as warp or weft. It will not break on the loom and is good in scarves, dress fabrics, coverlets, and countless other products. / It is supplied in the colors on this card, comes in two ounce skeins, and the yardage in a pound is two thousand. We are always glad to supply the yarn by the skein or pound. / FAST COLORS / This is a Bernat "Weavrite" Yarn / The Shuttle-Craft Co., Inc. / 14 Ash Street / Cambridge, Mass."

Subject

Card--sample--yarn
Text
Emile Bernat & Sons Co
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Yarn
Weaving
Textileworking T&E
Documentary Artifact
Josephine Evans
Byers-Evans House
Denver (Colo.)

Source

Plains to Peaks Collective

Relation

http://5008.sydneyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/ViewImage.aspx?template=Image&field=DerivedIma&hash=254B689488087C5F6FED0B245B1ED565

Type

physical object

References

http://5008.sydneyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/Portal/Portal.aspx?component=AAFW&record=963175D4-F849-40A7-85B5-0031D4385535

Citation

Emile Bernat & Sons Co, “Bernat's Shetland Wool,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed July 13, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/33612.

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