Cotton-spinning machinery The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. It was invented circa 1764, its invention attributed to James Hargreaves in Stanhill, near Blackburn, Lancashire. The Water frame was developed and patented by Arkwright in the 1770s. The roving was attenuated (stretched) by drafting rollers and twisted by winding it onto a spindle. It was heavy large scale machine that needed to be driven by power, which in the late 18th century meant by a water wheel. Cotton mills were designed for the purpose by Arkwright, Jedediah Strutt and others along the River Derwent in Derbyshire. Water frames could only spin
Spinning wheel which is closer to the direct translation of the French "un fuseau". Spinning wheels are also integral to the plot or characterization in the Scottish folk tale "Habitrot" and the German tales "The Three Spinners". and "The Twelve Huntsmen" Louisa May Alcott, most famous as the author of "Little Women", wrote a collection of short stories called "Spinning-Wheel Stories", which were not about spinning wheels but instead meant to be read while engaging in the rather tedious act of using a spinning wheel. In 1814, Franz Schubert composed "Gretchen am Spinnrade", a lied for piano and voice based on a