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3 Spindles by Butterfly Girls Designs.
Polymer: Whorl - approx 2 1/8"
Shaft - 10"
Weight - approx .8 oz
Metallic Murano Flower: Whorl - 2"
Shaft - 9-10"
Weight - 1.4 oz
Green Murano Glass: Whorl - 1.5"
Shaft - 9-10"
Weight - .8 oz
These weigh a mere .33 ounce. Very fun to play with!
1/29/09
Blogged: fiberdrunk.blogspot.com/search/label/homemade spindles
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
My newest spindles from Butterfly Girl Designs.
Blue Murano Glass: Whorl - 1.6"
Shaft- 9-10"
Weight - .8 oz
Italian Resin Red Stripe: Whorl - 2"
Shaft - 9-10"
Weight - .5 oz
Comparison shot of French Style Spindle Replica by Spanish Peacock in front, GrippingYarn Russian Style spindle in back.
I'm starting a six year long spinning course in August, and spindle spinning is one of the components. I never got into spindling since I learned on a wheel on loan from my local guild and soonafter got my own. So, I am going to check it out. I ordered this gorgeous spindle from Butterfly Girl Designs on etsy. Now I need to figure out how to make it go. Hee. It's modeling on some lovely Merino fiber from FatCatKnits.
Specs:
Whorl: Rose Quartz whorl ~ 2"
Shaft: carved hardwood ~ 9"
Hook: sterling silver wire ~ bent in a swan style
Weight - 1.2 oz
First ever made by my brother. Very inventive & difficult method, utilizing a drill press & a dremel tool. 2006 I think.
Janelle took a spindle spinning class, and demonstrated what she learned with this spindle at the booth for A Verb for Keeping Warm. She ended up buying it!
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.
The startling pink and orange fruits are much more colourful than the pale green flowers. Native to Britain and the long straight shoots were used to make weavers spindles.
on a whim i decided to make a spindle
made with a pom pom maker (i can never make pom poms even with one lol) a hook, and a point protector. The point proctor is one of the sock shaped ones and i cut the top rim off and used that to attach the pom pom maker to the dowel and it stays on with friction.
the dowel cracked at the top where the hook is so i used some packing tape to wrap it up.
3rd completed object russian supported spindle
close up of tip and surprise pattern
African umThunzi
Common Name: Coastal Red Milkwood
Botanical Name: Mimusops caffra
it is .9oz/25g and 11.5" long
Spindle from Spinsanity on Etsy - it's just lovely to work with. Fiber is some pink merino from Copper Moose, I believe.
This is homemade spindle #2; it is made from a black antique crochet hook (I'm not sure what it's made out of, maybe dyed bone?) and a flat semi-precious stone disc. I am spinning tussah silk here. It works pretty well, although it's a little top-heavy. I couldn't use the hook at the bottom because it was too small.