Russian distaff
 

Russian distaff consists of standpipe with the blade (it is attached to the tow) and horizontal boards (the so-called stems, which sits on the spinner) connected at right angles.
It's all about spinning http://sueverija.narod.ru/Kollekcii/Prjalka/Prjalka.htm

What I can not explain, did not understand where they sit. :D

I have an old spinning wheel (not so beautiful as the pics, of course) and sit there like nowhere.

At the Donets on horiz. board, on my spinning wheels otpilino it is easy to hang on the wall and lyubovatsya.Vsya spinning wheel, I understand, is put on the bench on which sits and spinner.

Abbbaldennye things !!!!!

At tokuyu beauty is it possible to sit down - No, only lyubovatsya.Dontse spinning wheel. Mid Х1Х v.Rezba skobchataya inlaid with stained oak neighborhood Gorodets, Nizhniy Novgorod Province.

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And some more. Thank you for your attention.

And nemnogo.Kak and quilts are very positive veschi.Spasibo for attention.

And in fact here it is - room for capable scholar. Learn, imitate ....
No, a pancake, they are all from Picasso calm nema ....

Here exactly обалденные things, and much has been written about the spinning wheel.

http://www.bibliotekar.ru/ruswood/34.htm

And so, for the information ...

Hello, of course, everything, especially that "for the information.
And carved good. And even more than, but of those, especially painted in the first post topic, I'm just delighted niznayukakom :)