Shetland Wool http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=3561. Shows a knitting sheath, a lace sweater, supported spinning, flax spinning and hackling, and other things.
Making a Spinning Wheel at Portsonachan,
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=2192.
Eriskay - A Poem of Remote Lives, http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1701. Gathering lichen, dyeing by layering lichen and wool locks in an iron pot over a fire, spinning yarn, warping, waulking.
Holidaying in Harris, http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0136. More dyeing with lichen, spinning long draw with very long rolags of wool.
Enchanted Isles, http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1943. Another handspinner on the island of Harris spinning with very long rolags. Wild iris leaves shown gathered for green dye but no actual dyeing.
Evacuation of St. Kilda, http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0793.
Iona: Dove Across the Water, http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=3068. Starting at the 15 minute mark, a woman spinning with an (imported) Ashford Traveller wheel in a field with sheep, man operating a fly shuttle loom.
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