Spinning with a Top-Whorl Drop Spindle. The principle of a top-whorl spindle is the same as a bottom-whorl spindle, but the design is different since top-whorl spindles have a hook to secure the ...

Learn how to spin yarn by hand and get quality drop spindle instructions. Start using this tool that’s hardly changed since the Stone Age. I taught myself to spin when I was about 13 years old ...

Demonstration of spinning yarn using two different spindles: top whorl and Turkish style drop spindles. Donald Trump's approval rating skyrockets with Hispanics Here’s the average income of the ...

Spinning methods. (a) Manual thigh-spinning [64]; (b) Spindle-and-whorl “supported spinning” [68]; (c) “drop spinning” [66]; (d) the experimental spindles and whorls, the 3D scans of the ...

Spinning methods. (a) Manual thigh-spinning [64]; (b) Spindle-and-whorl “supported spinning” [68]; (c) “drop spinning” [66]; (d) the experimental spindles and whorls, the 3D scans of the ...

The whorl helps turn the vertical motion of the drop spindle into rotation, which twists the fibers together. And every few feet, you can stop and wrap the spun fiber around the spindle.

The bottom pictures show Yonit Kristal experimenting spinning fibers with replicas of the perforated pebbles, using supported spinning and drop spinning techniques (photographed by Talia Yashuv).

The spindle whorls predate the earliest known wheels by thousands of years. We’ll likely never track down the first-ever wheel, but tracing the history of the technological innovation helps ...