Now, however, they’ve come to a much more significant conclusion: The pebbles could be spindle whorls, weighted pieces used in spinning textiles. If that interpretation is true, it would make ...

Abstract: In recent years, with the increasing demands of consumers for the performance of textiles, yarn, as the basic material of textiles, has developed rapidly in the technological innovation of ...

An engraving showing how yarn spinning wheels were used in the home before the Industrial Revolution. Under this system, local textile manufacturers would have deals with individual families.