Sentence examples for hank of wool from inspiring English sources

Following this ancient custom, Joe was buried in a coffin made of British wool, holding a hank of wool from the best Cotswold ewe in his own flock.

Shepherds, we learn, were buried with a hank of wool to explain their absence from church on the sabbath to St Peter.

One of his favourite stories was that of Cotswold shepherds who were traditionally buried with a hank of wool in their hand, so that St Peter would know they had been tending their flocks, and could not always get to church.

with plastic voodoo junk and hanks of wool.

The stream has long since burst inside my head, the banks collapsed, the water meadows drowned, the mesh of overhanging branches bowed with plastic voodoo junk and hanks of wool.

Her mother gives her a hank of black wool swaddled in a blanket.

The woman at the desk handed her several hanks of navy-blue wool, but the girl wouldn't accept it.

Materials 1 x 250g hank of Cascade Eco+ (100% Peruvian wool), 437m Pacific (2433) 5mm/H8 hook 5.5mm/I9 hook Tapestry needle 2 x buttons (2.5cm in diameter) Stitch marker Yarn review This is a warm, chunky yarn, which makes this a quick project.

It's made of wool, I said.

Restrictions on wool had a direct effect on the manufacture of wool suits and other clothing.

She makes bikinis out of wool!