Yarn and cloth making; an economic study; a college and normal schools text preliminary to fabric study, and a reference for teachers of industrial history and art in secondary and elementary schools (1918)
Kissell, Mary Lois · New York, The Macmillian company · leaf 58
inging spindle grasped in both hands. 1. Rove prepared by Hand-on-thigh spinning. 2. A long length of rove pulled through tension ring (8, 8b). 3. Stretched rove twisted by rotating with a tossing movement the lifted spindle (9, 9a). 4. Twisted yarn after each length is spun (a) looped on shaft by… … Fig. 2. — Simplest Spindle Spinning, Salish Indians The huge spindle twirled in air twists a long length of rove passing from a ballover a distant bar, instead of through the usual drawing ring.
Textile industry · Spinning · Weaving
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