Since textiles have been around forever, there are a heck of a lot of ways to produce yarn. And after being lucky enough to have seen wool processed with machines pre-WWII a few years ago, I’ve been fascinated with the different modes of production.

Here are some of the more interesting videos I’ve come across…It’s amazing to me how alien and foreign the big factories are and how unlike craft as I know it to be. With all the tactile, love and creativity that I’ve seen modern day spinners use, it’s almost like watching something from another planet as it churns out skeins in rooms devoid of people.

1. modern day mill, Germany (complete with David Hasselhoff-esque soundtrack!)
2. traditional mode of wool processing in Serbia
3. totally wierd promotional video for silk wool production company in India
4. wool production as was done in early 1900s in Germany
5. making “fancy yarn” with big scary machines