Spinning Wheel

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Acres

Name/Title

Spinning Wheel

Description

medium sized spinning wheel

Use

These wheels would eventually come to replace the ancient practice of using a drop spindle. This would be the first processing after the wool had been cleaned and processed into loose fibers. The spinning wheel would be able to create a single ply yarn which was fed into the foot powered machine.

Context

used by a single spinner, often but not necessary female, within the domestic setting.