Exploring historic textiles, sustainable fashion, and the fiber arts through spinning, weaving, sewing, and yarn crafting. Here you'll find whimsical projects galore with some history bounding and ...

Throughout history, most spinners have also used a simple device called a distaff. A distaff is a wooden board, sometimes plain but often intricately carved, to which the raw material is tied, and ...

ROBERT S. RICHARDSON has an article with the above title in Leaflet 181 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, which shows the important part played by Women in the advancement of science.

On Thursday, May 8, DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion) will hold an exhibition of members' work, open to view for all attendees of the 60th ...

The Distaff Gospels, first published in France around 1480, is a collection of “gospels” around pregnancy, childbirth, and health. It was created during secretive meetings of French women who ...

New weapons are pouring out of every crevice, and that means we also get to get our hands on some new Ritual Weapons – more specifically, a swanky new Void Glaive, the Ecliptic Distaff.

Examining some issues related to the tender sex. THE distaff side? A distaff is a stick or spindle that was used in the past for holding wool or flax which was to be spun by hand; and spinning was ...