DUTCH WHEEL
Spinner Sits in Front of the Wheel—Spinning Flax at Hull House.
Distaff
Later the distaff was used for holding the bunch of wool, flax, or other fibers. It was a short stick on one end of which was loosely wound the raw material. The other end of the distaff was held in the hand, under the arm or thrust in the girdle of the spinner. When held thus, one hand was left free for drawing out the fibers.
