Distaff
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A distaff is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax and sometimes wool, b
Queen Bertha instructing girls to spin flax on spindles using distaves, Albert Anker, 1888
Alsatian spinner with wheel and distaff
The Spinner by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1873), shown with spindle and distaff
Russian distaves displayed at the museum of folk handicrafts at Ferapontov Monastery
Loom (video game)
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Loom is a 1990 fantasy-themed graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games for MS-DOS. The project was led by Brian Moriarty, a former Infocom employee and author of classic text
Distaff
…The Women's division of the mixed-martial-arts organization EXC (Elite Xtreme Combat) is known as the "Distaff Division". In the video game Loom by Lucasfilm Games (1990), the Weavers' Guild, the game's equivalent to wizards, and the main character, Bobbin Threadbare, use wooden staves called…
Cover art by Mark Ferrari