Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...

Spinner Gael Zembal will demonstrate the process of spinning sheep's wool fiber into yarn from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Old Town Hall Museum, 10200 Penn Ave.

Spindle whorls, round, weighted objects that are attached to a spindle stick, form a similar wheel-and-axle-like device to ...