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This Tibetan support spindle is approximately 12 1/2 inches long and weighs 50g (1.8 ounces). The Goncalo Alves whorl measures approximately 1.75 inches and has been attached to a Birch shaft. The tip has been crafted from hard Mesquite.
My birthday present from my sweet husband and baby... A Mother Marion style kick spindle. Shown with the first yarn I plied on the spindle, 0.9 oz of wool spun at a fingering weight for 66 yards.
I put together these beginner spindles to go in "Learn to Spin" kits to be sold at our booth at Fiber in the Boro in Murfreesboro, TN on Saturday, 10/29/2011. www.fiberintheboro.com
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This Mayan Spindle was made with a dowel and a piece of scrap wood drilled to fit the dowel which I glued on to the top. The spinning part is wood from a clementine orange box that I took apart.
New items from SpinOlution. Three sizes of drop spindles. Check out my listing at www.janicerosema.etsy.com for more information.
My early spindles. Red oak Russian, pine Russian, pine Tibetan, padauk phang, zebrawood Russian, and padauk Tiny Tibetan™.
lots of these in the local hedgerow here. A native bush that you would hardly notice until autumn/winter with the appearance of these amazing (poisonous) berries. several garden varieties have been named including a white form
Jenkins Purpleheart Standard 2.0 oz with my homemade toy truck wheel/dowel spindles. Fiber is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bare roving that I dyed with koolaid.
This Tibetan support spindle is approximately 12 1/2 inches long and weighs 38g (1.3 ounces). The Cherry whorl measures approximately 1.75 inches and has been attached to a Walnut shaft. The tip has been crafted from Honduran Rosewood.
The Kundert is birds-eye maple. It's a good plying spindle, lots of room under the whorl and down the shaft.
I am often asked what these strange pink "berries" are. They are the fruits of spindle which can be seen at a few locations in Hatfield Forest. The long straight stems were once used as spindles in the spinning trade.
Euonymus europaeus (spindle, European spindle, common spindle)
Camera: Canon EOS 40D DSLR
Lens: Rodenstock Rodagon 150mm F/5.6 enlarging lens reverse mounted on bellows.
When the crownshaft splits, it can look like a high-fashion garment. This palm, to my great sorrow, was killed by Hurricane Wilma.
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
Stained cherry spindle-bed detail built by a client. Lit with shoot-through umbrella high camera right. In situ shot (the bed was setup in the client's spare bedroom).