Spinning wheel spindle6/21/2023 ![]() Wheels are often purchased from sale rooms as an attractive conversation piece in a sitting room. They were proudly regarded as part of a family’s history for, in many cases, they had belonged to mothers and grandmothers. 1910Īn Upright in all its various forms is a wheel where the spinning assembly consisting of the flier, spindle and bobbin are above the drive wheel and there is now a treadle.ĭespite the fact that spinning had been a necessary domestic task verging on drudgery, spinning wheels could still be found in many homes here in Scotland, as well as abroad, as a nostalgic memory. ![]() Jessie Cattanach of Whigginton, Tarfside, Glen Esk, Angus, demonstrating the use of her muckle wheel to spin wool, c. The spinner turns the drive wheel clockwise by hand, teasing the fibres out by walking a few steps backward, stopping the drive wheel but starting it again this time anti-clockwise, thus winding the walked length of wool onto the spindle. CastleĪ Muckle wheel where there is no treadle. The main types of spinning wheel are known as: 1. Parts of a Spinning Wheel Recognising various different types of Spinning Wheel Also, this meant that spinning became a task where the spinner could sit at her wheel rather than multi task, for example, using her drop spindle when carrying peats or minding sheep or cattle. The drive wheel was either hand cranked or treadled. ![]() Yarn could be produced more easily and productively by placing the spindle horizontally and attaching it to a drive wheel by a band of cord. The wheel we recognise today evolved from the perpendicular drop spindle and whorl which was used for thousands of years in most cultures all over the world. Mrs Angus MacDonald spinning at a wheel, Kinagarry, Morar, Inverness-shire, c.1905
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