Kabala villaveski-muuseum

About the museum

The Kabala mill was bought in 1932 by Otto Timberg, former owner of Lihula manor, who moved with his family to Kabala. He built a second floor for wool processing, where carding machines, a wool-tearing machine and a spinning mule (vokk) made in England were installed. Originally the machines ran on water power. The mill also ground grain and rye-hay meal, and there was a flax machine.

Today only the woollen mill still operates in the building. The oldest working machine is the English vokk from 1896, and yarn is spun from sheep’s wool using the old equipment. The working methods have not changed, which is why the mill also functions as a museum. Visitors can watch the historic machines at work and buy yarn; your own wool can be spun into yarn, carded into fibre (heide) or made into wadding, and small quantities are also accepted.

Highlights

• Wool-processing machines more than a hundred years old in working order
• The English vokk (spinning mule) from 1896
• Spinning yarn, carding fibre and making wadding from your own wool
• Water-powered mill on the Vigala River

Permanent exhibition

• Töötav villaveski – Wool-processing machines more than a hundred years old are in working order: carding, yarn spinning and wadding production.

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Kids & families

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Yarn can be bought at the mill.

Events & venue rental

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