Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Can anyone identify this item?
I think this is some type of spool or reel from a textile mill, but searching those terms I can't find any mention of it online. Does anyone know the correct use, function, term for these?
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q272/jreese46/U...
Thanks in advance.
Thanks Doc. It's wood, about 18" tall, with a metal pin through the center. There is a pic online of some kind of 1900 era textile machine with a bunch of these at the bottom, if that helps. I'll google Weasel.
Ok, I looked up a spinner's weasel. There are a bunch of these things, and none of them have any indication they ever had any kind of cross-bar between the spokes. It looks like whatever was wound on them was done down on the center of the spool.
1 Answer
- Doc HudsonLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Is it made of wood or metal?
It looks much like the reels that were used t reel up thread that was spun on a hand operated spinning wheel. I think it was part of a devise called a weasel.
After a certain number of revolutions, the weasel would give a popping sound to notify the spinner. The spinner could keep count of the pops and have a good idea how much thread was on the reel. From this popping sound came the old nursery song:
Round and round the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel
Where it stops, nobody knows,
Pop goes the weasel!
If it is metal it could still be a real for thread fresh off a mechanized spinning wheel.
This is just opinion, I am not positive and am open to correction.
Doc Hudson
