From there you’ll want to move on to spinning the wool into yarn, which you can do with either a wheel or an electric motor.

like wool), which were then rolled into long, thin pieces. After that, the mother would fasten the cotton to a spindle ...

This is an English spinning wheel in the Flemish style. Spinning formed an important part of the Lakeland economy and Kendal's town motto, 'Pannus mihi panis' which translates as 'cloth (or wool ...

they successfully spun both wool and flax into thread, though flax proved more effective. The experiments showed that while these ancient tools weren’t as efficient as modern spinning wheels ...

A person who spins needs two things, in addition to time: the raw material (wool, flax, cotton) that is to be spun, and a spindle or wheel with which to spin it. Throughout history, most spinners have ...