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Best. Anniversary present. Ever.
Custom made Golding 1.4 oz cherry and walnut spindle. He even got PERMISSION from the RECORD COMPANY to use the Rush StarMan logo.
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/
I just bought another Turkish spindle. This is the photo from the seller. I'll replace it with one of my own as soon as it arrives.
Kit: Leica M3 & 50mm f2 Summicron (Collapsible)
Film: Ilford FP4 125
Developer: Ilford Perceptol
Scanned: Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED
Yellow Spindle Coral (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) a/k/a Golden Spindles. Portola Redwoods State Park. San Mateo Co., Calif.
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.
Finished Kick Spindle. The spindle sets in the ball bearing, and is supported on a hook in the pillar. Tested it wih some junk wool, and it spins fine. Will have to make a short video once I practice some more.
Homemade spindle is slightly cupped. It makes a soft wooshing noise when it is thigh rolled, but spins true.
first hand spun yarn, merino on my .6 oz Golding spindle.
This spindle rocks!!! totally worth every penny!
my drop spindle. only propped with writing utensils for the sake of comparison. it has traveling with me since i got it, so it has no official resting place as of yet.
Spindle bowl made of reclaimed spalted maple, made by aspinnerslair on Etsy.
Tahkli spindle (top)
Polymer bead spindle made by Jame (bottom)
Cotton is from Deans' Farm Cotton Maze in Wilson, NC
11/15/09
Photo quality is not the best. I used a point-and-shoot digital camera. Will have to wait for my 35 mm roll of film to be processed for a better shot!
I was going to try spinning 10 minutes a day. So I sat down for a little spinning this afternoon, and discovered that my new spindle is broken! I just bought it in October and haven't used it much at all (sadly). But I did take it on my trip to Georgia with big plans for all the spinning I would do there. I guess I didn't pack it very well, because when I started spinning this afternoon, the whorl came loose. I could maybe glue it back on, but I don't trust that this would work without somehow wrongly weighting the spindle.
I have two other spindles - a heavy and not-too-fun Ashford specifically for beginners and a homemade CD one (made by the teacher in my spinning class at the Michigan FiberFest). Neither of these is anywhere near as fun to spin as my spinsanity spindle. So yeah. I went back to spinsanity to buy another one immediately.
Three Golding spindles:
Tibetan Turquoise inset with sterling silver ring
Scrimshaw 'Carousel Pony' inset with copper rope ring
Scrimshaw 'Wooden Bridge' inset with steeling silver ring
Last spindle on right is by HoundDesign
All four are spinning a merino/silk blend in Peacock Blue
Millefiories:
is Italian word for "1000 flowers." Decoration consisting of slices of multicolored glass rods (canes), usually pressed smooth while hot into the surface of a core piece of glass. Millefiories have been very popular collectors' beads for over 100 years - with thousands of different design and color variations.
Venetian Glass: Venice was the dominant force in glassmaking in volume, quality and diversity up until the 20th century, and bead making can be traced to the early 1300's. Common Venetian trade beads are "Millefiories", or "a thousand flowers", which are colorful mosaics of glass in floral patterns.
" African Trade Beads":
this term typically applies to beads made predominately in European countries from the late 1400s through to the early 1900s, beads traded in Africa, Americas and other counties.
This "trade" period was from the mid 1800s through the early 1900s; millions of these beads were produced and traded in Africa. The Europeans dominated the African bead market. All beads are from the collection of MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum
The Beads were re- introduced to the American market in the late 1960s, by young peace core volunteer returning from Africa.