I made rough textiles from bark fiber with a drop spindle and loom. Spinning and weaving techniques produced functional cloth.

ACCORDING TO DONOR, USED ONLY BY MEN. CONSTRUCTED FROM 3 PIECES OF WOOD. 2 PIECES MADE INTO AN X-SHAPED PIECE AND ONE HOOK-ENDED ROD THREADED THROUGH CENTER OF THE X.

Learn how to turn wool roving into yarn! In this beginner workshop, participants will learn the park and draft method of spinning on a drop spindle and create their first skein of yarn. All materials ...

A comprehensive beginner-friendly guide to using a drop spindle for spinning yarn. The video covers types of spindles, fiber preparation, drafting techniques, and step-by-step spinning instructions to ...

A first date turns hellish when a terrified woman’s phone is cloned by an anonymous psycho in this stylishly silly thriller. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Precision spindles are integral to a wide range of industrial machinery, including CNC machines, turbines, robots and medical devices. These high-performance components can rotate at extremely high ...

The researchers made experimental spindles and whorls based on 3D scans of the pebbles. Yashuv and Grosman, PLOS ONE, 2024 under CC-BY 4.0 When faced with an assortment of 12,000-year-old perforated ...

The archaeological site of Nahal Ein Gev, located in Israel’s Jordan Rift Valley, has long been recognized as an ancient center of technological innovation. Now, researchers have unearthed yet another ...

Nearly 56 years ago, during the Summer of Love, Sally Fox inadvertently laid the seeds for her career as a groundbreaking cotton breeder. A then-11-year-old Fox, accompanied by her older sister, went ...

The drop spindle is a simple and ancient tool used for spinning fibers into yarn or thread. Despite its humble appearance, with practice, it can help you create beautiful handspun yarns with unique ...