Re: RV: Old English

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> I don't even know this word! What does "skein" mean?
It's a piece of yarn suitable for knitting, wound not into a ball
but more loosely.  Hard to describe exactly without a picture,
but any knitter will have seen one.

You can see a picture of a skein of wool (with a paper label
wrapped around it, as is usual) at
http://velona.com/specials/princessmulti.jpeg .

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