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Early Autumn colour at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, England. The Spindle Tree produces bright pink fruit exposing 4 orange seeds each Autumn.
Blogged: fiberdrunk.blogspot.com/2009/12/french-spindle-quenouille...
Made by Lisa Chan of Gripping Yarn:
12/10/09
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Spotted in a marshy wood not far from the Isinglass river. The tallest was about 6" (15 cm).
Strafford NH
August, 2013
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).
This unique 1.1 ounce (30gram) moose antler rim weighted top whorl drop spindle has been intricately carved by Dave with his signature leaf motif. The notched whorl measures 1 5/8 inches in diameter, and the cocobolo shaft is 7 1/4 inches in length. The bottom of the shaft has been shaped to accommodate a half hitch and a brass hook has been added to the top.
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.
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Sleeping Beauty Picture 1(in sequence of 2 pictures), Fairy Tale Collection
[see set titled Projects for the full collection in sequence]
So we actually found a real spindle. crazy right? Here, sleeping beauty is in a trance as she's under a spell when she pricks her finger which is highlighted in Sarah's expression as well as her face being out of focus. The only thing I wish I could have done differently is to somehow show the whole spindle to get the full effect.
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