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2. Niddy-noddy - Wikipedia

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   Niddy-noddy with a removable crossbar. A niddy-noddy [1] is a tool used to make skeins from yarn. It consists of a central bar, with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°. The central bar is generally carved to make it easier to hold. [2]

3. Crois-iarna - Wikipedia

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   The literal meaning of Crois-iarna in English is yarn-cross, which perfectly describes the tool used for winding a measured length of spun and plied yarn. The yarn is wound around the crois-iarna (or niddy-noddy) off a spinning wheel's bobbin, to make a measured hank or skein of yarn used for knitting or weaving.

4. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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   A niddy noddy ready to have a skein wound on it. Once the bobbin is full, the hobby spinner either puts on a new bobbin, or forms a skein, or balls the yarn. A skein is a coil of yarn twisted into a loose knot. Yarn is skeined using a niddy noddy or other type of skein -winder. Yarn is rarely balled directly after spinning, it will be stored in ...

5. Spinner's weasel - Wikipedia

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   A niddy noddy is an even simpler version. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The wrap reel , on the other hand, is even more complex, with a mechanism for standardizing the tension. The clock reel is a possible source for the word "weasel" in the nursery rhyme Pop Goes the Weasel .

6. Swift (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   A wooden umbrella swift An umbrella swift in the background, holding a skein of red yarn. A swift is a tool used to hold a hank of yarn while it is being wound off (uncoiled from the hank and rewound in a form usable for knitting or crochet). [1]

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   'Elf,' and its star Buddy, are Christmas movie staples. Celebrate the holidays with these funny 'Elf' movie quotes about Christmas trees, snuggles, and more.