Spinners weasel
- Spinners weasel
Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with an internal ratcheting mechanism that clicks every two revolutions and makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured.
This is also a possible source for the word "weasel" in the
nursery rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasel ." ["Pop Goes the Weasel", The Phrase Finder, http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/pop-goes-the-weasel.html] ["Pop Goes the Weasel", Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, http://www.nursery-rhymes.org/nursery-rhymes/pop-goes-the-weasel.html]A handleheld reel (with no counter) is called a
niddy noddy .References
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