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Dave has adorned the beautiful apricot whorl of this 11 1/2 inch Tibetan support spindle with his signature leaf motif. The shaft was crafted from pau ferro and the weight of this spindle is 49 grams.
Nice turn out for the wool spindling class at Live Oak Branch Library. Everyone had fun and learned a new craft!
Photo courtesy of Donna B.
Wormy Butternut over Red Cedar with Walnut shaft
1.2 oz
Fiber: 50/50 merino/silk hand-dyed from TheFiberDenn.etsy.com
Spindle Ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella). Moth. Larval web on Spindle. Long Melford, Suffolk.
07/05/25
9/18/10
worsted weight
79.0 yards
Spindle-spun 2-ply (homemade flower spindle)
fiber purchased from: purplebarb008/MT eBay
I am learning to spin yarn on this simple device - a drop spindle. Basically a stick with a hook on the end, and a weight (the disk) to keep the momentum of the spin going.
Yet again Spindle Ermine Caterpillars have infested the trees in Jesus Green. Only this year they've really went for it and it's not just the tree by the footbridge which is affected. I missed the larval stage of the infestation this year but seem to have caught the Pupa.
Wood artist, Tom Homa, opened his studio for the 2019 Broome Art Trail. They had an outside demonstration, showing how to how to use their home-built Spindle Horse, designed to form the spindles that form the back of a chair. It is currently being used to carve the seat of the chair.