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Uploaded by on Oct 14, 2009

Another demonstration of the French country spindle called the "quenouille". It's similar to the Portuguese spindle, the Himalayan "phong", and the one the little woman with the distaff is using about two minutes into that Serbian video.

In my native village of New York City, it is traditional for spinners to gather in places where alcohol is served and loud oldies are playing.

Any comments about the quality of the video that don't involve kind offers of assistance will be deleted with extreme prejudice. I'm trying to learn to work MovieMaker; don't judge me, help me...

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  • It's not a "quenouille" ...

    this is called "fusaïole" (fu-sa-yo-le) in frenh .

    the "quenouille" ( ditaff ) is a stem with or without branches, and it makes possible to store wool or flax which the spindler will spin on the spindle or the spinning wheel.

  • Yes, you're right of course! We finally figured that out!

    What happened was, the original seller called it a "quenouille", which literally is a cattail plant which looks like it could be a spindle. Check out the new video, with the right name. I bought a *distaff* from an English-speaker in Serbia who called it a *spindle*.

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  • You make spinning cool!

  • Lovely video! Thanks! Rosemary

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