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Spindle and Spinning Wheel History

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10000 BGD

The Creation of the First Spindle
Technological achievement

The scholars are unsure how old the spindle technology actually is. Most argue it was invented while the five races lived on Hailaid, and others believe it was invented in Sindred in the beginning of the Satlonian rule.
9000 BGD

The Hook on the Spindle
Technological achievement

It is also uncertain when the hook was invented, some say it came shortly after the spindle itself, while others say it was a global invention created at several intervals across the species in the Lands of the Legends and Unknown, and Saithon.
The hook is often made from either metal or bone.
7500 BGD

Whorl and Drop Spindle
Technological achievement

The exact date for the invention of the whorl in uncertain, however, it is still one of the most important improvements made. The whorl made the rotation and making larger quantities of yarn. The whorl is a disc made from wood, clay, stone, or metal with a hole in the middle for the spindle.