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Wee, little Turkish spindle from Jenkins Woodworking. Pictured with Jenkins Turkish Delight for size reference.
Whorl: Holly
Shaft: Apple
Weight: 10 grams
Size: 6 cm wing span, shaft 8.5 cm long
Spindle is turned on my lathe for hand spinning very light weight yarns - in a very speedy way.
Oak - weight 16 gramm - diameter shaft 5 mm
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Deze spintol maakte ik om razendsnel dunne draadjes mee te kunnen maken.
Very dark chocolate colored wood. 11 1/2 inches. French-Russian hybrid. The spiral grove allows for the spindle to be used in the hand.
LOOOVE John's spindles! Gorgeous Australian woods and beautiful craftsmanship. Thanks to Charly to shipping these to me... You can find info about these on her blog ixchelbunny.blogspot.com/ .
Valerie enabled me into a Golding drop spindle from Rhinebeck - picked it out and mailed it to me even! AND she packed it in fiber. It is so beautiful and so delicate and soooo wonderful.
THANK YOU VAL!
A small sample from my spindle collection. Most of them were given to me by very special people, and one was custom made by a local woodturner.
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the early days
The Spindle Ermine Caterpillars spotted earlier this may have grown significantly.
The caterpillars are clearly noticeable on many of the Spindle trees on Jesus Green
I think this will work nicely for bigger projects too. It's wider and much longer than the regular bags. (12" vs 8")
Not being a spinner, I sorta winged this. What's the average length of a hand spinning spindle? Will it fit? It's 5'" wide and 4" tall. Spinners?
From left to right:
*Cocobolo and Hickory Tibetan Support Spindle
*Purpleheart and Hickory Tibetan Support Spindle
*East Indian Rosewood and Hickory Tibetan Support Spindle
*Bocote and Hickory Tibetan Support Spindle
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, the Palmiste Marron, or Spindle Palm is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.
Spindle Palms are elegant looking palms that are prized for landscape palms in the tropical and semi-tropical areas of the world. They are fairly short palms with 8-10 leaves that are held somewhat erect. Spindle palms have a crownshaft that becomes a light gray-green as the palm ages. Horn-like flower spikes emerge from below the crownshaft on mature specimens.
Spindle palms are fairly cold intolerant. They are defoliated at 32°F (0°C) and may be killed at anything below that. If the palm does survive a freeze, the next few emerging leaves are stunted. Spindle palms grow in the USA only in south Florida and in isolated favored microclimates in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area and the Cape Canaveral area of central Florida. They do make good container plants that can be protected from a freeze.
Spindle Palms are endemic to Rodrigues island, Mauritius. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] There are only fifty or so specimens left in the wild, although its survival as a species is guaranteed due to ubiquitous cultivation in tropical areas of the planet.
On the side of the case is a hole through which the winding spindle on the spring barrel can be seen.
Walnut was chosen for the 11 3/4 inches long shaft of this elegant Tibetan support spindle. Dave has burn etched the canary wood whorl with his signature leaf motif. This supported spindle weights 47 grams.
These reproductions of medieval spindles were made by Eadric of Ironwood Pottery (the whorls) and Miguel of Spanish Peacock (the shafts). Since I had been attempting to handcarve my own shafts (and doing a poor job) I am delighted to have a few turned ones with suitable whorls. Usually when I buy Eadric’s work, I sit down and interrogate him as to the time and place of each reproduction I am buying, but I forgot to do this with these purchases.