History of Spinning
Spinning has probably been around almost as long as people have. Every group of people known on earth at least knows how to pick some long grass or animal hair (or some of their own hair) and roll it back and forth along their leg or between their hands until the grasses all twist together and make a stronger piece of twine (twine after all just means something that is twisted). Go to HERE to learn much more!

Do you know about the term of spinning? Check http://www.answers.com/topic/spinning where
and a few more reference sites will tell you so much!
The same resources tell you about spinning jenny n. An early form of spinning machine having several spindles. http://www.answers.com/topic/spinning-jenny

For an OUTSTANDING DEMONSTRATION go to http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/media.jsp?itemid=15517&img=0
To see an Interactive Activity: Great Wheel
Tool Demonstration: Spinning Wool
Wait for the file to download, then click the arrow to play the movie.

Spinning in Ancient Rome by Alison Austin http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/survival/Alison_Austin/spinning.html

As with many discoveries of early man, anthropologists believe the use of wool came out of the challenge to survive. http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Wool.html

The spinning of wool and linen fibers into yarn has been practiced in Scotland for many centuries, as evidenced by the discoveries of early spinning devices. by Gail Kilgore http://www.historichighlanders.com/spinning.htm

Quicksearch History.uk.com This section is all about clothing, what it was made from, how it was made and what it looked like. http://www.history.uk.com/clothing/

Spindle Spinning By Ercadh béan úi Padraic http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/university/spindlespinning.shtml

Find out about spinning in myth and folktales at http://www.thorshof.org/spinmyth.htm