In Hand Spinning

– Nepal, Philippines

Nepal

In Nepal, depending on material, the spindle spinning could be done as drop or in hand. Animal fibers were mostly done drop, while plant fibers were mostly done in hand. While this did vary from region to region, this seems to have been fairly consistent across Nepal.[1]

 

Philippines

In the Philippines, spindles were mostly in hand done on long thin sticks with little to no whorl.[2]

 

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​​Woman unwinding her spindle. Her niddy noddy is hecking cool and I want one. Spindle is either two parts and the whorl can be removed or has no whorl ever. [3]