The June posting of “Thread and Roses” is now up on the TAC blog. This month, missing my past two summers in the mountains, Ive written about the historical and contemporary textile industry in North Carolina. You can read the post here.

Southern Combed Yarn Industry, NC, 1938. “Drawing in” or threading the heddles preparatory to the weaving process. From Conservation and Development Department, Travel and Tourism photo files, North Carolina State Archives.
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