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Spindle (textiles)
Spike used for spinning fibers into yarn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Spindle (disambiguation).
A spindle is a straight spike, usually made from wood, used for spinning,[1] twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn. It is often weighted at either the bottom, middle, or top, commonly by a disc or spherical object called a whorl;[1] many spindles, however, are weighted simply by thickening their shape towards the bottom, e.g. Orenburg and French spindles. The spindle may also have a hook, groove, or notch at the top to guide the yarn. Spindles come in many different sizes and weights depending on the thickness of the yarn one desires to spin.
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