Reeling rayon yarn into skeins

Title

Reeling rayon yarn into skeins

Date

1955

Description

From cakes, yarn is reeled into skeins at rayon plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company and some types are laced by hand for use by knitters and weavers.

Subject

Chemical industry
Manufacturing processes
Rayon
Textile fibers, Synthetic
Textile workers--Women in the trades
Textile workers

Source

NJ/DE Digital Collective

Relation

https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2223756/datastream/TN/view/Reeling%20rayon%20yarn%20into%20skeins.jpg

Type

image

References

https://digital.hagley.org/1972341_1056

Citation

“Reeling rayon yarn into skeins,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 25, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/38139.

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