Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...

After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...

A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls — early tools used to spin ...

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls - early tools used to spin fibers into yarn. This discovery, recovered from the Nahal-Ein Gev II dig ...

With funding from the German Federal Environmental Foundation, German cotton spinner Gebrüder Otto has been working with the ...

Spinner Gael Zembal will demonstrate the process of spinning sheep's wool fiber into yarn from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Old Town Hall Museum, 10200 Penn Ave.

Weavers, handspinners, and other fiber artisans are putting the finishing touches on special items for the 46th annual San ...

Officials during the inauguration of Sae-A Group’s third spinning facility in Cartago, Costa Rica. Credit: Global Sae-A Group. South Korea’s Sae-A Group has boosted its yarn production capacity in ...

Tucked into an industrial park on the outskirts of Kamloops is a small mill filling a big gap in a growing vintage market.

Within its high rise walls, a socialist utopia stirred. The clatter of the spinning machines churned out their cotton yarn, children received an education, and families lived in decent homes.