Spinning Wheels

[Spiral]

It is possible that one wheel was a Great (or Walking) wheel used for spinning wool and the other a more modern style flyer wheel used for flax.
https://theknittinggenie.com/2014/03/05/youre-doing-it-even-more-wrong-or-how-the-great-wheel-survived

[Rena]

Cotton doesn't grow in Europe.  I have mainland European ancestors who grew flax, which had two uses. 

(1) the flax heads/seeds were crushed in the local windmill for oil, which had various uses, one being for light during the hours of darkness.  Due to women wearing long voluminous skirts it was a dangerous task putting the seed heads onto the grinding wheel.  During my research I discovered one lady's dress got caught in the cogs, a young man tried to pull her back to safety but both of them were crushed and perished in the wheels.

(2) The flax stalks were soaked in water to soften the outer skin so that it could be removed -the inner fibre being used to make linen cloth.  If a region grew flax, then there would be a large field kept specifically for drying the flax stalks. The inner fibre would be spun to make linen, linen being a lightweight fabric for summer.   I had a favourite medium weight linen two piece suit, plus I also had extremely fine Irish linen handkerchiefs.