Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. ­When making clothes before the 19th century, one important tool was the spinning wheel. The ...

As a traditional cotton spinner working from home in her village in northern India, Anita Devi was long resigned to having ...

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.

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