Spinners weasel
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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.[1][2]
A handleheld reel (with no counter) is called a niddy noddy.
[edit] References
- ^ 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
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