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Recordist's notes
This is one of the devices used to turn unwieldy great skeins of yarn into neat balls that you can knit from. It looks sort of like an upside-down umbrella, and stretches to accommodate your skein, so that it may be wound off under tension.
About the place
Bethnal Green is a town of about 17,590 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 13 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, UK - Rachael's creaky swift” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0