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What is the spindle and what was its use?
What fibres were spun in Ticino?
Who was involved in home spinning?
What were the two main methods of spinning?
What is the distaff and what was its use?
How did spinning with spindle and distaff take place?
What is the spinning wheel and what was it used for?
Once the thread was formed, what needed to be done?
What is the skein?
What is the swift and what was it used for?
How were the skeins washed?
What is the arcolaio and what was it used for?
What is the warping?
What is the warping spindle and what was it used for?
What is the warping reel and what was it used for?
What is the hand reel and what was it used for?
How did spinning happen with the spinning wheel?
What is spinning?