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2. Spinning wheel - Wikipedia

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   The great wheel is usually used to spin short-staple fibres (this includes both cotton and wool), and can only be used with fibre preparations that are suited to long-draw spinning. [ 23 ] The great wheel is usually over 1.5 metres (5 feet) in height.

3. Hand spinning - Wikipedia

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   A great wheel (also called a wool wheel, high wheel or walking wheel) is advantageous when using the long-draw technique to spin wool or cotton because the high ratio between the large wheel and the whorl (sheave) enables the spinner to turn the bobbin faster, thus significantly speeding up production. [7]

4. Spinner's weasel - Wikipedia

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   Spinner's weasel (left) and spinning wheel (right) Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn-measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which resembles a clock) and an internal mechanism that makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). The ...

5. Distaff - Wikipedia

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   A distaff (/ ˈ d ɪ s t ɑː f /, / ˈ d ɪ s t æ f /, also called a rock [1]) is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fibre. Fiber is wrapped around the distaff ...

6. Spinning (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.The fiber intended is drawn out, twisted, and wound onto a bobbin.A few popular fibers that are spun into yarn other than cotton, which is the most popular, are viscose (the most common form of rayon), animal fibers such as wool, and synthetic polyester. [1]

7. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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   Spindle and distaff A spinning wheel used to make yarn. Hand spinning can be done by using a spindle or the spinning wheel. Spinning turns the carded wool fibres into yarn which can then be directly woven, knitted (flat or circular), crocheted, or by other means turned into fabric or a garment. The spinning wheel collects the yarn on a bobbin.

8. FarmVille 2 Spinning Wheel: Everything you need to know - AOL

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   This Spinning Wheel encourages you to tend your Sheep and Rabbits in order to earn Spinning Wool, which can then be turned into Spun Yarn. This feature might sound a bit complicated at first, but ...

9. Spindle (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   The various types of supported spindles range due to the difference in styles of spinning and yarn weight. [17] Navajo spindles have longer shafts that should reach from the ground to the top of the thigh. The spun yarn is wound above the whorl. [18] In Icelandic Viking times, the people used a high whorl lap spindle to spin wool into yarn. The ...