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This unique 1.1 ounce (30gram) moose antler rim weighted top whorl drop spindle has been intricately carved by Dave with his signature leaf motif. The notched whorl measures 1 5/8 inches in diameter, and the cocobolo shaft is 7 1/4 inches in length. The bottom of the shaft has been shaped to accommodate a half hitch and a brass hook has been added to the top.
Outside the Romanesque nave and its turret, which hides a semicircular spindle and the staircase where there are two reliefs, one with an angel and one with a lion, symbols of the evangelists Matthew and Mark is attached.
It culminates with a eaves resting on eight corbels, among other musician playing the fiddle, male and female figure in obscene pose or animal heads.
The Rock and Spindle is one of Fife's many volcanic necks - the remains of pipes underneath volcanic craters through which erupting material travelled to the surface. The tall pillar of rock (left) consists of solified ash while the larger pipe coming off its side is maga. The volcano was active about 330MYA, during the Carboniferous era.
Freestyle spindle making resulted in this cage spindle - vaguely resembling a Navajo spindle. Operates the same and my finished spindle works like a dream!
Fricke S[
Fricke Spinning wheel
ST-160
Single treadle.
Drive ratios are 5.7:1, 6.8:1, 8.7:1, 12:1, and 19.4:1
LOVE IT!
This is the working end of a wench to fit the spindle bore. It is used to facilitate the removal of a stuck chuck. It is long enough to stick out of the back of the spindle so it can be gripped with a large pipe wrench. The wrench is just a little smaller in diameter than the spindle bore. Tightening the threaded rod causes the two sections to grip the interior of the spindle tightly. See next picture.
i caved in and bought one. who knew spindling could be this good?
the fiber is spunky eclectic flowering weeds (the june club fiber)
golding tsunami
cherry whorl
0.75 oz
First yarn I ever spun on a dropspindle - chiengora plied with silk - and knitted into a pouch.
It goes wherever I go - so I can spin when I feel the need ;-))
This one is of plywood and weighs about 32 gramms.
It has a 8mm shaft.
Mind that all my spindles have their centre right in the middle of the hook - think at what would happen if the hook itself was placed in the exact middle....yes: the yarn would be ex-centered! Therfor a bent shape in the spindle hook is the best way to make certain the spindle does not wobble...
More information: www.despinkamer.nl
I recently made these African bead spindles. Three with bamboo skewers as shafts and one with a vintage steel no. 3 double pointed knitting needle.
Made from fabric hand screen printed in Australia by Ink & Spindle. This was my giveaway for the December Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day.
All my spindles are some way or another decorated with flower motifs.
Some have flowers on the back, other have surfaces on the front that allow a decoration in flower motifs as well.
All spindles that I make are unique by the design, the choice of the wood and the decorations.
A little test run with the coin spindle. Some white cotton fiber. Not sure what kind exactly. Will have ask about that.
Spindle Whorls for spinning Silk?
Lathe turned, bone
Sasanid Empire 224 AD - 651 AD.
Collected in Afghanistan.
This unique 1.4 ounce (41grams) moose antler bottom whorl drop spindle has been intricately carved by Dave with his signature rose and leaf motif. The whorl measures 1 7/8 inches in diameter, and the purpleheart shaft is 9 1/2 inches in length. A brass hook has been added to the top, and a steel bumper to the bottom.
Left spindle is 0.6 oz golding spindle Antiqued Rosette II
Right spindle is 1.0 oz spindlewood co
Fiber is Ashland Bay Colonial in Northern Lights color.
Plan to spin 3 ply fingering weight out of 5oz.
Total fiber purchased price was $10.29 in year 2011.
Spindle shrub at entrance to The Yurt Cafe Limehouse, not seen it in this colour before, and liked the colour brick behind. Coffee & cake at the cafe wasn't too bad either.
A shrub native to Britain. The unusual shaped berries are attractive to birds and split open to reveal a seed like an orange segment. The wood was used to make spindles (hence the common name?), skewers, knitting needles or toothpicks and produces a good quality charcoal, used by artists. Whisby Nature Park, Lincolnshire, UK.
0.8 oz. lace spindle made of oak, with a notched shaft, (rather than a metal hook), purchased from The Drafting Zone (Bowie, MD) at the 2008 Fall Fiber Festival. The woodworker's name escapes me, but I was told he designed these for his wife who does re-enactments at Mount Vernon.
the right spindle is my first ashford spindle that i have been using. the middle top whorl is my new spindle. the nostepinne on the left was bought from a wonderful old couple who makes their own spindles and other fun spinning type stuff. i hope to go back to their table next year and buy a spindle. my friend susan bought a spindle from them made out of a pear tree (in northern alberta!) and it came with a great story. i love buying from craftspeople. both the new spindle and the nosti are hadmade...but not by me. www.flickr.com/groups/handmadebutnotbyme/