Lignum Vitae

spindlewood co., square, whorl 2 3/8" figured myrtle, shaft 10" tiger maple. weight: 20g - 0.7oz

Almost ready...

With pebbles embedded, one of her first resin spindles!

Pretty! It's a bit longer than my Balkan.

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

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.

Close up of the berries forming on my Spindleberry tree.

Whorl: Padauk & zebrawood

Shaft: Zebrawood, 7 1/2"

Weight: 0.95 g.

Purchased from Hatchtown Farms at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, May 2005.

autumn fruit

Short shaft; spindle weight is 1 oz

No drive dogs

Examples of both types of spindles that I have made.

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.

drop spindle spinning on a MDSW purchase/plied on my Lendrum

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.

Photo by Dom Greves.

Spindle-spun on my fossil spindle and navajo plied on a cedarwood spindle. Fibre is a blend of english wools that I handpainted.

Amboyna wood, from Jenkins Woodworking

several spindle spun small balls of merino and polwarth

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.

114 g, 4 oz spindle with 3 1/2" x 1" solid whorl

Rare breed wool and a Forrester Granny spindle bought at Black Sheep Gathering. Blogged here.

The orange berries are toxic to humans and other mammals. The wood was used to make spindles for spinning wool and bobbins for lace-making Whittled into a sharp point it was used for skewers.hence one of its' names - prickwood, Birds eat the berries. Robins adopt bushes as a Winter resource. A nesting site for black bean aphids it is, unwelcome in gardens but popular with ladybirds which feed on them.

I took this photo the weekend before the snow came, now these flowers are completely frosted and blackened

Bosworth Moosie, 31 grams (1.1 oz) **$120**

whorl: 1.75"

shaft: 8"

My lovely resin spindle made by Jesh (on etsy.com) with silk noil from Zebesis Designs (also etsy.com). Drop spindling is my "between customers" companion at the Ambler Farm farmstand in Wilton, CT where I'm a volunteer for harvesting in the garden and selling the awesome organic produce. These baby zucchini with flowers are delicious when lightly battered and deep fried for a few seconds. Yum!

with clouds

Oliver Lane, Kalamazoo

2.3 ounce Jenkins Kingwood Turkish Spindle

(the color is a darker brown in real life)