The Latest Addition to our Popular “Gibsonia” Woollen Industries. is “GIBSONIA” Knitting Wool, made from the finest Victorian Western District Wools entirely in our own mills. Every process in the manufacture of this yarn is under the supervision of an expert, and in every particular the product will be found equal to the best imported Wools. At present we are making only 4-Ply in Black, Navy, Grey and Heather. From 3½ to 4 skeins of this Wool are required to knit a pair of full size Men’s Socks, and when made no man could wish to wear better. The Yarn is also suitable for Children’s Garments, Ladies’ Jackets, Cap Comforters, and, in fact, any purpose to which Knitting Wool is applied. Our Price is =8 Pence per Skein, or 7/9 per Dozen Skeins=. Red Cross and Patriotic Leagues who require larger quantities may have any of the four shades at the rate of =60/- per Spindle of 8 Dozen Skeins=. “GIBSONIA” ALL WOOL IS THE BEST. MADE AND SOLD ONLY BY _Foy & Gibson Pty. Ltd._ Brisbane Spinning Guild. REVIVAL OF AN OLD INDUSTRY. Spinning is such an old handicraft that most modern Australian girls grew up with the idea that spinning belonged more to the time of fairy tales than to a period within even living memory. They all knew the story of the princess who was spinning when her wicked godmother cast a spell and transformed her into a sleeping beauty. Old legends of the homeland told of the women who spun, and one knew that in Highland cottages, with grandfather clocks, deep, wide fireplaces and inglewoods, there were spinning wheels hidden away in some forgotten corner. But to-day in Brisbane there are hundreds of spinners spinning wool to make socks for the soldiers. Owing to the scarcity and price of wool a Brisbane Wool Spinning Guild was started in Brisbane over a year ago by a small band of enthusiasts, one object being to provide wool to soldiers’ relatives at less than the shop prices. There are now over 100 spinning wheels belonging to the guild, the wheels being made from bicycle wheels donated to the guild, and manufactured by the Railway Department free of charge. The majority of these are hired out to Brisbane members at the rate of 5s. for six months. Wheels may also be bought from £2. 10s., and numbers have been sold to country members. In some sheep stations the wool is grown, dipped, spun, carded and made into socks on the homestead, the complete article being a product of that one station. So far, all the wool used by the guild has been donated by the squatters of Queensland, and since all the work is voluntary it is possible to sell the spun and carded wool at less than the ordinary cost price. The carding is either hand-carded at the rooms, or it is done at the mills through the courtesy of the mill-owners.