Pick the spinning wheel that you can conveniently bring to classes, spin-in workshops and other places during vacation. You should also consider the available space you have and where you intend to store the item during travel like your car or the overhead compartment of an airplane. If you have enough space, you may pick a more stylish spinning wheel to double as a decorative piece. Exterior coverings of ancient shelters were also created via weaving methods, so humans stayed safe from harsh weather and wild animals because of weaving techniques. The Earliest Forms Historians and archaeologists believing that weaving, spinning and basket weaving are the earliest and most primitive crafts developed by human beings. This will be the catch of the yarn to prevent it from slipping off the end as you spin. Sharpen the bottom end of the shaft to a dull point using a pencil sharpener so that you can spin the spindle on a small bowl or a table top similar to a top, if you prefer it supported. The Leader Yarn You can now add the leader yarn, to begin the fiber on the spindle. Fully untwisted fiber will pull apart quickly. Twisted fiber or yarn is very strong and does not easily pull apart. The twist stems from the spindle and the conversion happens between the hands. Drafting is done to let the fibers slide past one another and then allowing the twist to catch. The size of the yarn is dependent on the amount of fiber caught by the twist. When the threads are finished, they can be now dyed and treated with different chemicals so that shrinkage or unnecessary creasing is prevented, if not totally avoided, before they are woven into a particularly patterned fabric. Forming filaments The earliest tools which Natives used for forming filamentous substances into a thread that is continuous, is most probably the spindle and the distaff. He even made his very own name. Spinning jenny copycats After some time James Hargreaves decided to apply for a patent on his invention, the spinning jenny, in July of 1770. Sadly, around this time, a lot of spinners located in Lancashire were already spinning using prototypes of his machine. He decided to take some legal action against these copycats.