handsewn spindle cosy with kumihimo strap, for jenkins kuchulu spindle.

blogged: anastasiahandmade.blogspot.com/2012/10/bits-of-before.html

w/ Morado shaft

22 g pin balanced

Tiny spindle, spins beautifully, travels well and loves to spin lace weight silk.

... of mahogany, a foot long, dressed to 50mm square and bored end to end. Ready for turning.

I was aiming for a shape I had seen in some Portuguese hand spindles, although I use this as a supported spindle.

A close look at the flowers of a flowering bush plectranthus (Plectranthus thyrsoideus).

Two spindle backed chairs that had one snapped spindle each - all repaired and ready to return to their owner.

I painted this spindle in the traditional Russian folk art style.

A Spindlemaker sandalwood spindle stand. Say that three times fast

A pair of Rosy Spindle Cowries (Phenacovolva rosea). Seahorse Gardens, Port Stephens, NSW

Spindles on the tall ship Peacemaker.

Sheffield Park, West Sussex. Spindle tree.

Canary wood whorl 2.25" diameter, shaft 6.25".

Weight: 12 g. (0.42 oz.)

Notched at 6:00

Acquired May 2006 at Maryland Sheep & Wool.

Source: www.journeywheel.com/

It seems my precious spindle can be loaded with a lot of yarn even if the shaft is short (not too short for my very small hand)

By Bonnie Sennott. Knit in fingering weight handspun mixed Bluefaced Leicester.

Spindle by Dustin Shuler, Cermak Plaza Shopping Center, Berwyn, IL

Also heard: Shish-Car-Bob; 8 Car Pile-Up.

Any others?

[Just learned of Mr. Shuler's passing on 4 May 2010, so I bumped these to the top of the stream]

Spindle (Euonymus europaeus), Millennium Wood, Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 5 May 2011.

What I got for getting older.

I painted this spindle in the traditional Russian folk art style.

tour de fleece 2013

My new Bosworth Moosie spindle (accompanied by my English Boxwood midi for scale). It's 0.95 oz with a Kingwood shaft, and is sporting some Spunky Eclectic Walking on the Sun tussah silk. It's lurvely. :D

Cocobolo whorl with cochin rosewood shaft. 1.61 oz.

spindle tree

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

(L-R) Tulipwood Maxi, 58g/ 2.05oz; Bocote Maxi, 63g/ 2.22oz; Thuya Burl Midi w/ Morado shaft, 39g/ 1.39oz

(L-R) Thuya Burl Midi w/ Morado shaft, 39g/ 1.39oz; Tulipwood Maxi, 58g/ 2.05oz; Bocote Maxi, 63g/ 2.22oz

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, in the former offices of the Rosamund Woollen Company; Almonte, Ontario.

My first Bossies!! Sumac & Moosie on Walnut shafts, and Rosewood on Birch. Sumac is .46 oz, Rosewood is .68 oz, and the Moosie is 1.06 oz

Right spindle missing due to UPS shipping jostlage; we have the spindle but it's broken in half. Possibly fixable, waiting for UPS insurance decision before trying anything.

Jenkins Delight in pink ivory. 1.12 oz/32 g.

This is my spindle from Greensleeves Spindles. The model is Loki and it is made from Amboyna and Bloodwood with a black walnut shaft.

Midi and mini, a perfect couple on merino-silk

In black. I got the stain to work without the spots.

from Dragonfly Farms

pweb.jps.net/~gaustad/spindle.html

By Bonnie Sennott. Knit in fingering weight handspun mixed Bluefaced Leicester.