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Iron sheet spindle with spiral top. Weight: 122 g (4.3 oz.); Length: 16.14".
Very small spindle from the province of Zaragoza. Secondary cut marks on the otherwise turned spindle show that it was once much larger. Probably it was originally even a double-whorl-spindle that broke irreparably, and the present fragment was perhaps used as a toy. Preserved length: 5.3".
Wooden Spanish spindles with spiral tip from Galicia, Northwest Spain. Lengths: 8.85", 12.36" and 13.97".
Pastoral distaff and spindle. The distaff was carved from a slightly curved branch and, like the spindle, painted red-green-blue. The spindle was originally used as a bobbin/spindle in a textile mill and is here in secondary use. The distaff and spindle is an ensemble as the painting in identical colors show. Length of distaff: 32.6", length of spindle: 10,47". First half 20 century.
Pastoral distaff. Inside the larger of the two knob-like areas there is an object that produces a rattling noise when shaking the distaff. Length: 38".
Cotton mill spindle
Bobbin/spindle used to spin cotton yarn at a textile mill. Detail from a patent drawing. Patent #: US003199283. US Patent with drawings and full specifications that explain how these bobbins are/were used. (21.07.2016).
S pindles in cotton mill. Photo by: Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940), November 1908. Title of photo: “Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in ten years? Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.”
Women from Almudévar, Huesca province, demonstrate the processing, spinning, plying and knitting of wool.
Different spindles are used for spinning and plying. The distaff consists of a wooden or bamboo pole split at the top and the wool fibers are clamped into the gap.A: spindle for spinning, B: distaff for spinning C: double-whorl spindle for plying. Images from a Video on YouTube: Las hilanderas de Almudévar, Huesca. Sin Ir Más Lejos
Woman from Catalonia spins and plies yarn with two different spindles. A: spindle for spinning, B: top-whorl spindle for plying. The distaff consists of a wooden or bamboo pole split at the top and the wool fibers are clamped into the gap. Before plying yarn from two spindles is wound together to a ball. During plying the spindle is rubbed down the thigh. Images from a YouTube-video: Filar la llana al Maestrat, la Sénia 18 6 2001
Mallorca (Spain) Balearic Islands
Woman from Pollensa spinning.