How do different fibers spin on various types of spindles?
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These spindles vary in size and shape across the world, depending greatly on what type of fiber and yarn they were made to spin.
With this method of spinning and chain-plying in the same pass, you can ply your singles right on the spindle as you spin. Spin some singles, ply them, spin more, ply more—all without ever having to wind your singles off.
In India, the term charkha refers to spinning wheels large and small, and the term is now used more broadly to describe driven-spindle wheels from other regions as well.
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