Spinning fiber into thread is one of the oldest known handcrafts practiced by man. Very early, people utilized the drop spindle, a primitive tool for twisting animal hair or plant fibers such as wool, ...

LEXINGTON — In front of the Lexington Women’s Monument, a woman dressed in a straw hat, petticoat, and an apron sat at a spinning wheel, tapping her foot against the pedal of the machine. She was ...

­When making clothes before the 19th century, one important tool was the spinning wheel. The spinning wheel helped improve the task of turning fabric into thread that, again, would be used to make ...