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Spinning and Weaving Tools

Hand tools built for the fiber-preparation and weaving stages of fiber craft, turning raw fiber into thread and thread into cloth, part of the implement set behind this atlas's Fiber craft subcategory. Belongs here: the drop spindle and spinning wheel, used to spin fiber into yarn; the loom and warping board, used to weave and prepare a weaving warp; and the niddy-noddy, used to wind spun yarn into a skein. Does not belong here: tools used at the needlework and sewing stage that follows spinning and weaving, grouped under Needlework and Sewing Tools.

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1. Spinning Wheel (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationSpinning wheel, lead section
Quote, Spinning wheel, lead section
The spinning wheel was invented in India as early as 500-1000 AD.
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