Turn of the Century Loom
Stansborough LTD Woolen Mill, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
This small and unique mill produced fabric for costumes for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Narnia and more. They raise their own unique sheep herd that produces naturally colored wool in a variety of shades from black to gray to white.
You can get an overview of what they do and see their turn of the century looms working on their factory tour.
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You can get an overview of what they do and see their turn of the century looms working on their factory tour.
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Rosanne emerges from the Wardrobe to continue the tour at Stanborough Mill
“Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe”
Stansborough LTD Woolen Mill, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
This small and unique mill produced fabric for costume for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Narnia and more. They raise their own unique sheep herd that produces naturally colored wool in a a variety of shades from black to gray to white.
You can get an overview of what they do and see their turn of the century looms working on their factory tour.
Join me on Douglas E. Welch Photography on Facebook
You can get an overview of what they do and see their turn of the century looms working on their factory tour.
Learn more about New Zealand with these books
* A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs
** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out!
Categories: Art-Architecture, Books, New Zealand, Travel Tags: costumes, film, instagram, loom, lowerhutt, movies, narnia, newzealand, petone, photography, stansborough, stansboroughwool, tour, travel, weaving, wool, yarn
Woolen products at Stansborough LTD Woolen Mill, Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
This small and unique mill produced fabric for costumes for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Narnia and more. They raise their own unique sheep herd that produces naturally colored wool in a variety of shades from black to gray to white.
You can get an overview of what they do and see their turn of the century looms working on their factory tour.
Join me on Douglas E. Welch Photography on Facebook
* A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs
** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out!
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The South Island of New Zealand beckons off the Wellington Harbor headlands.
You can see it from here, but it’s a (sometimes rough) 3 hour ferry ride from the center of Wellington through the Cook Strait.
We’ll have to make that ride sometime just to see it up close.
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Beach at Oriental Parade Looking Northeast via Instagram
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Bento Box Dinner at Origami, Wellington, New Zealand
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View from the Hikitia over Wellington Harbor
Steam-powered crane ship put in service for heavy lifting in 1926, the Hikitia was used as recently at 2013 for lifting projects used to covert a nearby quay to apartments.
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Church Steeple, Wellington, New Zealand in Black and White
From our recent trip
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