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• Niddy noddy — with a removable crossbar. A niddy noddy (plural niddy noddies [1]) is a tool used to make skeins from yarn. It consists of a central bar, with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°. The central bar is generally carved to make it… …   Wikipedia

• niddy noddy — |nidē|nädē noun Etymology: perhaps from obsolete niddy noddy to nod to and fro unsteadily, by reduplication & alteration of nod (I) : a hand reel for yarn …   Useful english dictionary

• Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia

• Spinning wheel — For the computer animation commonly found on the Internet, see Spinning wheel (animation). For the Blood, Sweat Tears song, see Spinning Wheel (song). Irish spinning wheel around 1900 Library of Congress collection A spinning wheel is a device… …   Wikipedia

• Noil — This article is about Noil. For NOIL (Nordre Oppdalen Idrettslag), see Nordre Oppdalen Idrettslag. Hand Dyed Silk Noil Noil is the short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used as a decorative additive for many spinning… …   Wikipedia

• Spindle (textiles) — Eve spinning, the spindle in her right hand: Hunterian Psalter, ca 1170 (Glasgow University Library) …   Wikipedia

• Spinning mule — A pair of Condenser spinning mules. These have 741 spindles, being cut down from 133 feet (41 m) 1122 spindles they used to have up until the 24th Sept 1974, when they were retired from Elk Mill, Royton. The mule was built by Platt Brothers …   Wikipedia

• Cotton-spinning machinery — Cotton Manufacturing Processes (after Murray 1911) Bale Breaker Blowing Room …   Wikipedia

• Crois-iarna — The Crois iarna (literally iron cross ) was a kind of hank reel. It was a rudimentary form of the ciud siorraig. It consisted of a stick of a certain length, with a cross piece at each end, set at right angles to each other. The yarn is coiled on …   Wikipedia

• Ciud-siorraig — The ciud siorraig was a kind of wool winder, with an arrangement of toothed wheels, worked by the revolving winder, and with a spring which makes a sound when the number of threads forming a cut is wound around the rim of the winder wheel. See… …   Wikipedia