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- Introduced in: As early as the 1200's in Europe and Asia.
- Made from: wood or other natural materials
- Price range: $300 - $2000
- Common uses: Making thread and yarn to weave or knit into fabric.
- Varieties: Ghandi was known to use a spinning wheel.
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A spinning wheel is a device for spinning wool into thread or yarn. Several types of spinning wheels exist. They can be powered manually by turning a large wheel or by pressing pedals with your feet. Some wheels are powered by electricity. The resulting yarn can then be used to knit or weave into fabric.
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History
Evidence of the use of the spinning wheel can trace all the way back to the eleventh century in China and the Islamic world. Major improvements to the spinning wheel including mechanization began during the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. Today in the US, most threads and yarns are commercially manufactured by large machines, but many knitters and fiber artists still practice making yarn with a traditional-style spinning wheel as a hobby. -
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Mahalo Answers for Spinning Wheel
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Spinning Wheel Blogs
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Another quiet day in the Corbieres!: My Old Haldane Spinning wheel
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Anyone got any recs on books for spinning on a wheel? Xmas pressie is an Ashford trad-style :-D
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Why is the spinning rainbow wheel of bad karma haunting me lately. Prob need more memory. Or a reboot. Or both. Uptime sez: 11days...
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You know what would be a cool science-fair project? A popsicle-stick spinning wheel. http://plurk.com/p/2s8bjd
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"Infinite spinning progress wheel..." http://bit.ly/18ZOKL I thought I was the only one with this problem
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the wheel keeps on spinning
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