Happy Valley

I didn't try this spindle, but I hear it's kinda tricky.

New spindle from The Threshing Barn

www.threshingbarn.com/

tiny spindle made of a bead and toothpick

Shaft: 4 1/4 inches long, Bloodwood

Whorl: 2 1/2 inches wide, dymondwood in color scheme Hazelnut

Weight: 0.6 oz

Euonymous

Pink on the outside, orange in the middle.

Canton, OH

01-3856

It started a little fat, didn't it?

This versatile drop spindle has been notched and slotted on both ends, and can be used as both a top whorl or a bottom whorl spindle. The 2 inch walnut whorl has been adorned with Dave's pyrographed leaf motif, and he has carried the leaf motif to the 10 inch birch shaft. The weight of this spindle is 0.9 ounces.

1.57oz, diachroic glass inlay. Bought for $90, asking $75

Titanium Spindle for Crankbrothers Eggbeater from Ward - www.titaniumspindles.com 33g each one

These are some family pictures I took of my Nephew and his family.

The heart is still a little raised but my spider's a lot less angry.

Leaf buds starting to open on the spindleberry tree in the garden.

120 Spindle Flyer Spinner

Finding myself at Maker Faire with some roving, but no spindle or wheel to spin it, I sent Mr. Whamodyne out on a hunt for two things: Something stick-like, and something round and weighty. Here's the drop spindle that he came back with. (It's made of printer parts!)

Did it work? Yes indeed! It's rather heavy, and a bit unbalanced, but it *will* spin. I added a rubber band to the top later on to keep my half hitch from sliding off of the shaft, and eventually switched to spinning supported.

At the National Arboretum at Westonbirt.

Euonymus europaeus (Spindle)

View On Black

As seen through my new sunglasses

Spindle Tree Flowers

This is my homemade spindle #1. It is a mini spindle, really. I am spinning some raw fiber here. I think it's alpaca, but it was in a bag of unmarked fiber so I'm not sure. The yarn is very fuzzy. The spindle is made from an antique bone crochet hook and a bead. It works!

will look better when there's more spindles in, of course, and I'll probably fill the cups with rice to help steady them.

My new spindle from Kundert Spindles. It is a fantastic little bit of engineering, weighing in at a smidge over one ounce (exactly 30 grams, to be precise). The whorl is cherry with bubinga overlay and yellowheart dots. The shaft is walnut.

In the background is a Politically Incorrect braid of Starter Wives Chevon, superwash merino, 4.2 ounces.

Lightly spinning pencil roving on my big applewood Ladakhi Skuru spindle which Ed made from a picture taken by Jo when she was visiting in Ladakh.

Day 14 Spinning for the Tour de Fleece

Illustration by Denis Carrier

Link pins adjusted spindles ready to go.

SONY DSC

Drop spindle workshop for beginners at knit nottingham

A bottom whorl spindle and roving that I bought at the 2006 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival.