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Location: inner city backyard
The Spindle Ermine Caterpillars I spotted on the tree by Jesus Lock last year are back at about the same time of year. The infestation is in the early stages but soon the spindle tree next to Jesus Green footbridge is going to be absolutely covered in webs from these things.
wheel thrown spindle whorl. mounted as bottom whorl with lacquered wooden chopstick shaft. length from hook to tip of shaft is approximately 9 inches (23cm)
9/18/10
worsted weight
79.0 yards
Spindle-spun 2-ply (homemade flower spindle)
fiber purchased from: purplebarb008/MT eBay
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Learning how to use my tibetan spindle. The spindle is gorgeous! It's a Tibetan Lite spindle with spindle bowl from Grizzly Mountain Arts. The fiber on the spindle is Ashland Bay Merino in Pine. It's been sitting around awhile so it became my test subject for learning. :)
Whorl: Padauk & zebrawood
Shaft: Zebrawood, 7 1/2"
Weight: 0.95 g.
Purchased from Hatchtown Farms at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, May 2005.
Hubby gave me roses for last Valentine with a vase. Knowing me, he knew I would use something for the vase for my hobby. He didn't think I'd use it for this. I thought this works wonderfully!
Dave has crafted this lovely Russian support spindle from birdseye maple. He has inlayed the spindle with turquoise accents. This Russian support spindle measures 11 1/2 inches in length, and weights 52g (1.9 ounces). The matching lap bowl measures 6 1/2 inches in height, and is 2 3/4 in diameter.
Part of a "Needle and Spindle" sculpture installation by Cliff Garten, representing the area's former textile factories. ArtWalk, Rochester, NY.
A shrub with loose sprays of four-petalled, greenish flowers on green twigs in May and June. The tight clusters of small flower buds are obvious from early spring.
laceweight yarn, made by me, roving by greenwood fiberworks (etsy.com) spindle by Katescauldron (etsy.com)
12 gram Lilac Kuchulu with Kingwood Shaft. It spins like a dream! The fiber on it was a sample included with the spindle, targhee wool (mountain top) from sweetgrasswool. Yummy stuff to spin.
portuguese spindles and one with a clay whorl and a distaff made from a branch of (I think) Rhamnus Frangula.
I think I spun what is on the spindle about a year and a half ago, just after I got back from Knitter's Connection (2007). I had taken a class on spinning with Shannon Oakey and done some of it there, then some of it when I got home. My interest in spinning is still going strong, but I was having problems with my shoulder and the drop spindle, so I put it aside.
This year, I really want to get a spinning wheel and my interest in spinning is only getting stronger (resistance is futile!!). So, I pulled this out today and am going to try it again!
Here are the cheap and quick spindles I am making for Ethan's preschool class to teach them how to spin :)
The raw materials for the project.
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Spindle spun yarn
WPI: 22
Ply: 2
Yards: 130
Fiber: Merino/Silk
Colorways: Red (I think from Chasing Rainbows, but I'm not sure) and Indian Wedding from Chameleon Colorworks
Red singles spun on 0.9 ounce Golding Tsunami spindle
Indian Wedding singles spun on 0.95 ounce Le Fleur spindle