What is Spindle (textiles)?
[[File:Wirtel01.png|thumb|Spindel with spike (b) and whorl (c)]] A '''spindle''' (sometimes called a '''drop spindle''') is a [[wood]]en [[spike]] (or [[shaft]]) that has at one end a [[weight]], mostly a circular [[Whorl (spindel)|whorl]]. Sometimes it has a hook at either end of the spike. It is used for [[spinning (textiles)|spinning]] [[wool]] and other [[fibre]]s into [[yarn|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. == Other websites == * [http://www.interweave.com/spin/files/CDspindles.pdf Directions for making a handspindle using CDs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082338/http://www.interweave.com/spin/files/CDspindles.pdf |date=2007-09-28 }} * [http://www.interweave.com/spin/resources/spinning_brochures.asp How to spin with a handspindle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006195238/http://www.interweave.com/spin/resources/spinning_brochures.asp |date=2008-10-06 }} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Fibers]] [[Category:Textile arts]]