page_title: Spindle (textiles)
hierarchical_section_title: Spindle (textiles)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der Spinnvorgang mit der Handspindel. a) Spinnrocken - b) Spindel - c) Spinnwirtel. Ursprüngliche Beschreibung: Abbildung des Spinnvorganges mit dem Spinnwirtel, aus Meyer's Conversationslexikon
context_page_description: A spindle is a wooden spike that has at one end a weight, mostly a circular whorl.
  Sometimes it has a hook at either end of the spike. It is used for spinning wool and other fibres into thread. Spindles or parts of them have been found in very, very old archaeological sites; they may represent one of the earliest pieces of technology available to humankind.
context_section_description: A spindle (sometimes called a drop spindle) is a wooden spike (or shaft) that has at one end a weight, mostly a circular whorl.
  Sometimes it has a hook at either end of the spike. It is used for spinning wool and other fibres into thread. Spindles or parts of them have been found in very, very old archaeological sites; they may represent one of the earliest pieces of technology available to humankind.
caption: Spindel with spike (b) and whorl (c)
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