Re: McKinley: what is a spindle?

Forgot to say the picture I attached is of spindles you hold in your hand.
The spindle can also be connected to the spinning wheel. The ones in the
picture are wooden, but spindles were often metal and somewhat sharp. You
couldn't really hurt your hand badly on a spindle unless you fell on it, but
you could prick your finger...

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 08:43:21 -0700 (PDT), mckinley@its.caltech.edu wrote:

> I think you may be confusing spinning wheel with spindle. The spindle is
the
> long stick-like part you wrap the thread around after you've spun it on
the
> wheel. A picture:
>
> Getting my copy of Spindle's End by the end of next week, hopefully. Be
> easier to chat then!
>
> Shannon
>
> On 6 Jun 00 10:31:01 CDT, mckinley@its.caltech.edu wrote:
>
> > I've gotten zero replies for my post about the Spindle's End, which
leads
> me
> > to believe that none of you have read it yet. Hmmm. Well, I have a
> general
> > question for everyone. I went to our Folk Life festival this weekend
and
> > spent a great deal of time with this woman who was spinning yarn from
> wool.
> > (She was sitting on the porch of this old log cabin; very
picturesque.)
> What
> > is the pointy part on a spindle that you could possibly prick your
finger
> on?
> > You know, the basis for the sleeping beauty evil... If any of you
have
> any
> > insight into this question, please help me.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Morgan
> >
> > Morgan Orceyre Hanzlik
> >
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it, not happily, for less. But it is not only my life, and you have not
asked, but taken." -Captain Kirk
"Presto! A little white bunny." -Mitch Peleggi
"My apathy is palpable at this moment." -Tom Servo
"We're a pacifist race. We only kill out of personal spite." -Brain Guy

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