The Work of Women and Daughters in the Home and Inn

Tin molds like these would be filled with tallow (animal fat) or beeswax and a cotton wick to make "all at once" candles to light the home and inn.

After the wool yarn was spun on the Spinning Wheel, a daughter would wind it into skeins of yarn on a Spinner's Weasel like this one. When it got to 80 yards wound, the wooden wheel would pop. This is where they got the phrase and line of a song, "pop went the weasel."

The Carson women and daughters used candle molds like these to make candles for light in the early days of the home and inn. They used a Spinner's Weasel like this to wind the skeins of wool yarn.