eel (Fig. 13),the worker held the roll of carded fibre on adistafT, or placed it in a pile close to thewheel. She fastened one end of this roll tothe spindle. She held the unspun yarn inher left hand, and with a small stick struckthe spokes of the wheel. This made thewheel revolve and that turned… … Fig. 12. Two cards and a carded roll. the wheel, and turned it the other way,meanwhile holding the strand she had spunat right angles to the spindle. This woundthe finished yarn on the spindle. Thus,
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