Hand spinning on these types of wheels, both hands are free (since the wheel is turned with a treadle, rather than by hand), so the spinner can use one hand to draft the fibres and the other to wet them. Modern powered spinning, originally done by water or steam power but now done by electricity, is vastly faster than hand-spinning. The spinning jenny, a multi-spool spinning wheel invented c. 1764 by James Hargreaves, dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn of high consistency, with a single worker able to work eight or more spools at once. At roughly the
Pen spinning pen spinners from communities centered across the world could join. The pen spinning community is present mostly on the Internet through forums and video hosting platforms. Aside from the Universal Pen Spinning Board, which is proclaimed as an international English-speaking forum, forums are centered in specific countries, such as Japan, France, Germany, and China. Over time, users may migrate to a similar or upgraded forum, causing some forums to become inactive. While forums are operated largely as separate entities, cross communication occasionally occurs for international events. A pen-spinning collaboration involves multiple pen spinners' short video clips being compiled into a