Lee's Minerva World War II army brown knitting yarn skein
date: label: date made
content: 1940-1945
notes: label: Description
content: One skein of brown 'sports yarn' by Lee's Minerva with a paper label. This yarn was used to knit items of clothing for the U.S. military during the Second World War. This weight yarn was suitable for sock knitting, and the color was one of a range of shades available for home knitters to use to knit socks, scarves, gloves and mittens, and hats for the men and women serving in the US military during the war. Four fine gauge knitting needles, used originally in sock-knitting during World War II, were found inserted through the skein, with a few stitches cast on, and remain in place.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard H. Funke, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0248.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knitting yarn and needles
label: Object Name
content: Knitting yarn
label: Object Name
content: Knitting yarn skein
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 4 in; 15.24 cm x 10.16 cm