tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post4874067725625553926..comments2023-11-02T02:20:42.056-07:00Comments on The Ephemeral Frontier: thinking about Native American stories in SLDiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-6438712303177688142015-09-17T05:16:08.267-07:002015-09-17T05:16:08.267-07:00Agree with Anonymous. If you get a chance, pass o...Agree with Anonymous. If you get a chance, pass on to the site's creator that her recreation of a wheel is also missing the entire working assembly that makes it a spinning wheel. It has the drive wheel, but it lacks a flyer assembly -- the business end! It needs a mother of all set into the wheel's table that supports two upright maidens. Between them should be a metal spindle shaft that supports a curved flyer with hooks, a bobbin, and a drive whorl. To spin, the drive band goes around the large wheel -- the drive wheel--and around one of the grooves on the whorl. That rotates the spindle and flyer assembly, and allows the spinner to insert twist in the fiber. He or she manages the twist in the fiber at the flyer, and then the thread - -a singles -- enters the flyer orifice, is guided around the flyer via hooks, and wraps around the bobbin. <br /><br />She can see multiple examples of spinning on this kind of wheel (look for Flax Wheel, Canadian Production Wheel, or even (for a modern one) Ashford Elizabeth or Saxony wheel) on You Tube. THere she can also see how spinners spin, how they sit to spin, how the singles travel, and the like. A store called The Woollery has a lovely diagram of all the parts of a Saxony spinning wheel that will help her make a more accurate rendering of a wheel, as well. Good luck!! PickyHistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500487513256575244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-87005773327224024922014-01-26T23:30:17.471-08:002014-01-26T23:30:17.471-08:00Just so you know... that's completely and tota...Just so you know... that's completely and totally not how a spinning wheel works. The fiber never touches the large wheel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-79797557922804579512010-05-07T19:33:24.864-07:002010-05-07T19:33:24.864-07:00ey Rhia,
thank you for the congrats. I really am ...ey Rhia,<br /><br />thank you for the congrats. I really am thrilled to have left the world of consulting for a real gig.<br /><br />Anyway, regarding bar stools: historically proper saloons had no stools at the bar. That is why you have the brass foot rail, so you can put one foot up and redistribute your weight while you stand there drinking and talking.<br /><br />As best I can tell from stdying period images, you don't see bar stools become common until the early 20th century--quite possibly as an adjunct to the shift that takes place in which it becomes more acceptable for women to drink in bars, so I actually think you may be on the right track with your comment about women drinking in private.Diohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.com