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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
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!
This photo has not been enhanced in any way!
An autumn day at RHS Harlow Carr Garden near Harrogate, Yorkshire.
Euonymus alatus, known variously as Winged Spindle, Winged Euonymus or Burning Bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to central and northern China, Japan, and Korea.
The word "alatus" is Latin for "winged", in reference to the winged branche, for which the stems are known. The flowers are tiny and greenish. But the foliage colour in autumn is stunning red ... hence the common name of Burning Bush. This form is smaller, which makes it more suitable for many gardens.
Thanks to Chrystee I recently learned how to single ply and then N-ply all at once. This is her hand-dyed merino top which I'm spinning on a Ledbetter spindle (you can just see his signature peaking out from under the cop).
Thanks, Chrystee!
Wood: Cherry
Weight: 45 grams
Length: 36 cm
It's actually a plying spindle because it's fairly large but can be used for spinning singles just as well.
I've been trying off-and-on to spindle spin for well over a year, but never could really get the hang of it. Now that I know how to spin on a wheel, it seems that using a spindle is suddenly easier. I'm still no expert at it, but I'm enjoying it more. It helps that I got a new and lovely spindle to play with (Grafton Cheap Sheep).
Right now I'm spindling with a little fiber I got when I bought a "learn to spin" kit last year - it came with a very clunky Ashford student spindle. That I hate.
An early Valentine's day present from my hubby! It is a Forrester Linum spindle from The Bellwether. The whorl is Paduak, the shaft is Black Walnut and it weighs 1.32oz. It is laying on a sample/test batt that I had just completed. It also has the honor of being my first fiber spun on the new spindle. It spins really well...I LOVE my present!
Drawn in Adobe Illustrator
Excavated from site at Site E2868, in the townland of Inchaquire, Co. Kildare, contract 5.
Drawn by: Sara Nylund, 2010
Client: Kildare County Council
Funding body: National Roads Authority (NRA) with funds from the NDP and Transport 21
Bottom spindle and new top spindle. Two plied balls of wool done on the top spindle. Third one on the bottom spindle.
There is one roving left to do.
This'll be even better soon when the cerise pink capsules split to reveal the orange seeds within.
The cultivar Red Cascade is in no way an improvement. The red capsules and leaves are attractive and make a nice alternative, and there's also a nice white fruited form (also with orange seeds inside) but if you can grow only one the wild form can shine out like nothing else at this time of year.
This shows one of the two retaining blocks for the user control spindle. After fitting the spindle, the blocks are rotated using a screwdriver (as here) to lock the spindle in place.