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A walk to get the paper and have a bit of exercise, on a very dull and damp day, but enlivened by going through Hill Hook Nature Reserve. I could do with retaking some of these when there is a bit more light to allow shorter shutter speeds and better depth of field.
Seeing the spindle took me back 70 years or so, to Blacklands Copse on the Isle of Wight, which was a regular walk as a small child, and my mother taught me about spindle trees. They were never like this though, and these seem to be garden centre varieties, not the true wild spindle.
I made this spindle from oak wood, on my lathe.
The wood comes from ancient wine vessels from Bordeaux, France.
When I turn the spindles out of the wood it smells like a vinary ;-))
This specific spindles is featherweight: weighing not even 16 gramms - and with the amount of silk on it it counts 33 gramms.
The spinning hook is 2 mm , so you can see how lace weight the yarn is that I spun.
This is a new design for Grizzly Mountain Arts! Dave has crafted the beautiful 1 7/8 inch acorn whorl of this support spindle from poplar. Pyrography, burn etching, was used to create the details on the acorn's cap. The 11 1/2 inch long shaft was created from walnut and the weight of this spindle in 51 grams (1.8 ounces).
Upper spindle is an original Nepali phang supported spindle
Teh lower two are Spinkamer copies - turned them on my lathe.
The 2nd is spalted birch and the 3rd is dutch oak.
The Rock and Spindle is one of Fife's many volcanic necks - the remains of pipes underneath volcanic craters through which erupting material travelled to the surface. The tall pillar of rock (left) consists of solified ash while the larger pipe coming off its side is maga. The volcano was active about 330MYA, during the Carboniferous era.
Freestyle spindle making resulted in this cage spindle - vaguely resembling a Navajo spindle. Operates the same and my finished spindle works like a dream!
Fricke S[
Fricke Spinning wheel
ST-160
Single treadle.
Drive ratios are 5.7:1, 6.8:1, 8.7:1, 12:1, and 19.4:1
LOVE IT!
This is the working end of a wench to fit the spindle bore. It is used to facilitate the removal of a stuck chuck. It is long enough to stick out of the back of the spindle so it can be gripped with a large pipe wrench. The wrench is just a little smaller in diameter than the spindle bore. Tightening the threaded rod causes the two sections to grip the interior of the spindle tightly. See next picture.
i caved in and bought one. who knew spindling could be this good?
the fiber is spunky eclectic flowering weeds (the june club fiber)
golding tsunami
cherry whorl
0.75 oz
First yarn I ever spun on a dropspindle - chiengora plied with silk - and knitted into a pouch.
It goes wherever I go - so I can spin when I feel the need ;-))
This one is of plywood and weighs about 32 gramms.
It has a 8mm shaft.
Mind that all my spindles have their centre right in the middle of the hook - think at what would happen if the hook itself was placed in the exact middle....yes: the yarn would be ex-centered! Therfor a bent shape in the spindle hook is the best way to make certain the spindle does not wobble...
More information: www.despinkamer.nl
I recently made these African bead spindles. Three with bamboo skewers as shafts and one with a vintage steel no. 3 double pointed knitting needle.
Yellow Spindle Coral (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) a/k/a Golden Spindles. With Aphelaria tuberosa (white). Portola Redwoods State Park. San Mateo Co., Calif.
All my spindles are some way or another decorated with flower motifs.
Some have flowers on the back, other have surfaces on the front that allow a decoration in flower motifs as well.
All spindles that I make are unique by the design, the choice of the wood and the decorations.
A little test run with the coin spindle. Some white cotton fiber. Not sure what kind exactly. Will have ask about that.