spinning wheel
Pedal-powered yarn maker
A spinning wheel is a device for spinning fiber into thread or yarn, using a wheel to drive a spindle.
Before industrialization, spinning wheels were common household equipment, usually operated by women: She sat at the spinning wheel, turning wool into yarn.
In fairy tales, spinning wheels appear as magical objects—Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger on one.
Small cylindrical thread holder
- distaffFiber-holding spinning tool
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- woolSheared animal fiber
fleece · roving · fiber · yarn · thread · twist · ply · tension
Foot-operated lever
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- maidensUnmarried young women
- orificeBodily passage entrance
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
bobbin · crank · axle · bearings · pulley · frame · tension · ratio
Inherited family treasure
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- colonialOf occupied territories
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
folklore · Sleeping Beauty · Rumpelstiltskin · Gandhi · tradition · craft revival · museum · artifact
Turn around center
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- circularForming a closed curve
- axisRotation reference line
twist · turning · centrifugal · gyroscopic
bobbin
Small cylindrical thread holder
wool · fleece · roving · fiber · yarn · thread · twist · ply · tension · draft
treadle
Foot-operated lever
flyer · bobbin · crank · axle · bearings · pulley · frame · tension · ratio · speed
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
homestead · folklore · Sleeping Beauty · Rumpelstiltskin · Gandhi · tradition · craft revival · museum · artifact · vintage
revolve
Turn around center
axis · twist · turning · centrifugal · gyroscopic
- carnival gamesring toss, duck pond, balloon darts, strongman game, shooting gallery
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- fairytale decorfairy lights, magic mirror, pumpkin carriage, fairy door, fairy garden
- woolcraftwool fiber, wool yarn, raw wool, fleece, wool wash
- khadihandspun, homespun, handloom, hand weaving, cotton cloth
- fairy taledragon, witch, troll, giant, elf
spinning wheelloom
Fabric-making frame
power loom · knitting needles · sewing machine · spindle · crochet hook
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