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A spinning wheel is a device used to twist fibers like wool, cotton, or silk into thread or yarn that can be used for weaving or knitting. It was an important tool for making textiles by hand before industrial manufacturing took over, and it remains significant in textile arts and cultural traditions today.
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An elderly Irish woman with a spinning wheel Hindoo Spinning-Wheel (1852)
A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. It was fundamental to the textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution. It laid the foundations for later machinery such as the spinning jenny and spinning frame, which displaced the spinning wheel during the Industrial Revolution.