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1. Left: Forget-Me-Not. Retired on December 31, 1998. Signed Carol Fayer 1998 #184.
2. Top: Daffodil "Gourmet Lolli". Retired 9/15/99. Signed Carol Fayer 1999 #85.
3. Right: Heart's Desire. Retired 12/17/00. Signed Carol Fayer 2000 #139.
4. Bottom: Fiesta Fish. This spindle is designed by artist Paige Sorensen. It is painted by Paige, Colleen Gorecki, and Rebecca Atkinson and Sarah Schrempf.
Retired 4/20/02. Signed RMA 2001 #75.
This shrub gets its common name from the traditional use made from its twigs - to make the spindles used to spin raw wool. Less well-known traditional names are Prickwood, Skewer wood, Skiver and Pincushion shrub, all of which similarly describe the uses to which the twigs were put. Interestingly, the use made of its berries - as laxatives or treatment for head lice - never quite made it into the botanical dictionary!
These spindle sculptures are a tribute to the nearby garment district in the lower Bathurst and Spadina area in Toronto.
Dave's signature leaf motif has been burn etched around the edges of the notched hard maple whorl of this beautiful drop spindle. The top of the whorl has been adorned with his rose and leaf motif. The overall length of this spindle is 9 inches, and it weights 1.3 ounces. A brass hook has been added to the purpleheart shaft.
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.
This is a 12 x 20 deck with Tan Liberty Deck flooring and Tan Cambridge style railing from Exterior Profiles Inc. with Bronze Deckorator spindles routed the narrow way to make the railing less obstructive to the back yard!!
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?
Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) is a common shrub in the hedgerows of southern England and produces these brightly coloured berries in autumn.
Euonymus alatus, Winged Spindle Tree, in autumn
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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
Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire; built in 1892. Although it was never an aid to navigation, the faux lighthouse is a well known landmark locally.
Wee, little Turkish spindle from Jenkins Woodworking. Pictures can't really show how small this spindle really is. It's so freaking cute and still spins perfectly.
Whorl: Holly
Shaft: Apple
Weight: 10 grams
Size: 6 cm wing span, shaft 8.5 cm long
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.
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.
Navajo ply (three-ply) hand spun done on my 1.5oz comet production spindle from Woolly Designs.com. The fiber is a Romney-Mohair blend from Lindenhof. This is the first bat that I've worked with, and so far it's great. I don't really notice a difference between working from a bat and working from roving.
This was taken while the spindle was in motion. It is actually a more kelly green than this, but hey, flashes do kooky things to color. I love this spindle. It's a little heavier than my other spinsanity spindle, and the bottom of the spindle on this one is rounded, instead of pointed, which is cool.