January 7th is National Distaff Day! The origin of the word ‘distaff’ comes from German and it means “a bunch of flax or fibers connected with a staff.” This day, also known as St. Distaff Day, is the day after the feast of the Epiphany, which is the day after the end of the 12 days of Christmas. Distaff Day is the day spinners and spinsters, historically, returned to their spinning wheels spinning wool and flax into yarn for fabric after the holidays. For today, Jared letterpress printed several lead sorts from a handy pack that depict spinning wheels all in different sizes. These type metal sorts from a handy pack were made by the American Type Founders in the 1920s. Handy packs contain small symbols for informational or advertising purposes for printers in the letterpress trade. On the top right corner of the prints of spinning wheels show the distaff. These were printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852. #NationalDistaffDay #Distaf...