...from Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool Festival

Spindle details starting from the left side of the photo:

Morado/Cochin Rosewood Midi - 1.32oz

Dogwood/Cochin Rosewood Featherweight - .68oz

Zapatero/Bocote Mini - .88oz

Bloodwood Supported Spindle, Monkey Pod French Spindle, Monkey Pod French Spindle, Monkey Pod Nostepinne, Walnut Supported Spindle.

I've been a busy wood elf this week.

Museu da Póvoa de Varzim

Spindle Update for 1st Nov 08, 6pm.

1 - Lucky Clovers, 20g

2 - Lucky Clovers, 21g

3 - Calendula petals, 20g

4 - Sea Shells, 31g

5 - Walnut, 20g

6 - Walnut, 24g

7 - Yew, 40g

8 - Yew, 23g

9 - Yew, 35g

"On sugar maple, another leaf gall is commonly found, the maple spindle gall. This gall is also caused by a mite, Vasates aceriscrumena (Riley). The gall appears as thin, elongate bladders arising from the leaf upper surface. These galls rarely distort the leaf but considerable numbers of galls can make the leaves unsightly. "

From Ohio State University Fact Sheet

Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour.

Minolta Rokkor MD 50mm f1.4

Merino wool yarn hand spun on drop spindle 94g 287m

A simple shot of the London Eye from when I went to the West End last week. HDR's with lines link this can often cause a white halo effect or strong contrast either side so I took my time to try and reduce this. I then enhanced the image with Lucisart afterwards.

Taken at the Brisbane Ekka 2008. I had to wait a while and adjust regularly - but all 5 wheels are in motion in this shot.

Table with Spindle Chairs

Dimensions: 24" x 30" x 22 high

Spindle chairs: 13" x 14" x 26" tall (over arch from chair seat 11")

Medium Oak

Merino wool yarn hand spun on drop spindle 94g 287m

This was made by Alphonsus Moolenschot and the card that accompanies it says it is a reproduction of an 18th century Dutch spindle from the Hudson Valley.

It weights 3.2 oz

Lumedoll Dionne

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Bosworth midi spindle, dogwood with tulipwood shaft

Yellow Spindle Coral (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) a/k/a Golden Spindles. Portola Redwoods State Park. San Mateo Co., Calif.

Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks in Admiral Blue

Needle Size: US2/2.75mm and US1/2.25mm for the cuff

Pattern: Spindle Socks

Modifications: Toe-up, short-row heel, ankle length

Recipient: Mom

Completed: 12 December 2008

Looking resplendent in the Autumn sunshine in a hedgerow in Chesham. Toxic to humans but wildlife love them.

Bright pink Spindle berries popping open to reveal their bright orange seeds, in the garden on day 21 of Wild October.

A hiking path surrounding the Pictograph Cave State Park.

Blogged at Jadis Day By Day.

I just realized I never added these to the Bosworth Spindles group, and since the one on the right (an English Boxwood midi) is a wood that I've never seen posted anywhere else, I thought maybe I should. The one on the left is Bubinga.

Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks in Admiral Blue

Needle Size: US2/2.75mm and US1/2.25mm for the cuff

Pattern: Spindle Socks

Modifications: Toe-up, short-row heel, ankle length

Recipient: Mom

Completed: 12 December 2008

So pretty! Gorgeous colors, gorgeous designs! I've been wanting to add some of these prints to my stash for quite some time now. Blogged here.

Blogged at Jadis Day By Day.

Alternate view of my English Boxwood midi on the left, and the Bubinga at the top.

Lecia Q

I first learned to use a spindle back in October, but didn't find the method I was taught to work very well with some of my health issues. However, a friend has been working with her drop spindle a lot and I am getting ready for a trip and thought it would be nice to be able to spin some while gone, so I dusted off my spindle and spun up this rainbow neppy targhee roving.

Tulipwood with Cherry shaft

A new laser cut wood bracelet available in November (black coming in December).

Old french coin, arrow tip, mahogany shaft... spinning in a metal bowl.

www.thefinishingcompany.net/

my friend Lisa Spindler from Detroit

Special Bosworth spindle - Pink Ivory with Ebony Shaft 24 gr/0.84 oz

Golden Spindles (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) are beautiful fungi that spring out of old grasslands in dense clumps, adding a bit of colour to the fields alongside the vibrant waxcaps that often grow in the same fields. The species is sometimes known as spindle-shaped yellow coral, or spindle-shaped yellow fairy clubs. It was first described in 1799 by James Sowerby from specimens collected on Hampstead Heath in London. I photographed this clump in the same fields where I counted 97 Pink Waxcaps in the West Yorkshire Pennines.

Bosworth Spindle, Karelian Birch Midi with long Cochin Rosewood shaft, 30g/1.06oz

I have been captivated by cotton since April, when my son delivered some of his home-grown cotton bolls to me. I had bought a tackle spindle in anticipation of receiving some of the cotton which he grew in his vegetable garden. Since then, I have been in a spin, creating yarn using the tackle, which is a support spindle, that is, it rests on a support while you spin. I bought the pretty little waterlily tea candle holder from a dollar store and have been happily spinning ever since.

1 oz, ebony and spalted bubinga.

mini

wood: sumac, shaft: 9" walnut

weight: 13 g, 0.46 oz

Bosworth Featherweight, Olivewood with short Cochin Rosewood Shaft, 17g/.6oz

The time drum spindles are retained by a plastic bush and E-clip. The solder tag at the top of the picture is part of the ring contact that connects to the pin in the switch drum.

Project Spindle - Freshwater

Featherweight Bosworth spindle in Zebrawood with standard Birch shaft

.53 ounces/15 grams