Mark Brister fondly remembers how his family came to own an antique Acadian spinning wheel. It was the summer of 1962 when he vacationed with his parents in Nova Scotia. He was barely 10 years old.

The spinning wheel had to go — nothing could have been more obvious. I had discovered it in a dusty upstairs bedroom of my childhood home in Pennsylvania, the one my mother was leaving behind after 40 ...

­When making clothes before the 19th century, one important tool was the spinning wheel. The spinning wheel helped improve the task of turning fabric into thread that, again, would be used to make ...

This video offers guidance for beginners and intermediate spinners on how to select the right spinning wheel. It breaks down key features, types of wheels, and considerations like portability, drive ...

RANDOLPH — Jane Brown can lose track of time when she sits down at her spinning wheel. She sometimes finds herself spinning for two hours a day. “She gets in a zone, she does not know how long she’s ...