LEXINGTON — In front of the Lexington Women’s Monument, a woman dressed in a straw hat, petticoat, and an apron sat at a spinning wheel, tapping her foot against the pedal of the machine. She was ...

­When making clothes before the 19th century, one important tool was the spinning wheel. The spinning wheel helped improve the task of turning fabric into thread that, again, would be used to make ...

Deborah Prescott is a traditional textile artist who spins yarn from locally-sourced wool and alpaca fibers. She will conduct spinning classes for children during a Little Lambs Fiber Arts program in ...