An instructional video on spinning flax fibers using a handheld distaff, featuring traditional medieval tools and methods for historical fiber preparation and spinning. GOP senator hits Trump tax bill ...

But just a few generations before -- before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, making cotton far more economical to produce -- it was linen, not cotton, that you would have found in common ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Early 19th century Saxony style flax ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Visitors to Pottsgrove Manor on Saturday had the chance to see traditional spinning techniques and ...

Visitors to the William Floyd Estate can learn how to spin flax and carve birds the next two Saturdays during lessons about life on Long Island in days of old. This Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., ...

The Textile Arts Guild of St. Augustine will celebrate St. Distaff's Day Saturday at the Visitor's Information Center downtown. Members will demonstrate spinning on a wheel and on a drop spindle from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Two-spindle flax spinning wheel.