The weaving industry was a cottage industry meaning the workers didn’t work in a factory, but they worked from their homes. Thanks to the flying shuttle people were able to sew way faster than threads could be made so there was a thread shortage which meant clothing and towels were more expensive. A man named James Hargreaves had been trying to make an invention that would even out the amount of cloth being made and the cloth being sewn. He had been trying for years when it hit him. His family spinning wheel was knocked over by one of his daughters and it kept spinning. It is called the spinning jenny for two reasons: the first is that his wife’s name is jenny an two jenny is short for engine.
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