So grab your virtual wheel (or just your phone), channel those nostalgic vibes, and start spinning. Who knows? You just might become the ultimate puzzle-solving champ—no audition required.

The White Violet Center for Eco-Justice will teach participants to spin their own yarn during the Beginning Spinning workshop featuring John Salamone on Feb. 15 from 1 to 5 p.m.

A fixture within the anchorages called a strand shoe was used to secure the "dead wire" while a spinning wheel, or sheave, pulled a "live wire" across the bridge. Once it reached the opposite ...