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My first two spindles. First from Butterfly girl Designs, the second from ford4him.
Lapis Square Whorl: Whorl - 2"
Shaft - 9-10"
Weight - 1.2 oz
Little Joe: Whorl - 3"
Shaft - 12"
Weight - 1.5 oz
1.2 oz Jenkins Turkish in Bamboo with 1.4 superwash merino. Fibre is from a Blue Moon Fiberarts Sheep to Shoe kit "Bella Coola"
Lace weight, 2-ply, 45.0 yards
This is a 2-ply charkha-spun yarn, plied on the Cascade Zebrawood Tiger Spindle. The fiber comes from my own pet German-cross angora, Delilah
7/2/08
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Bronica ETRSi
Fuji Acros 100
Left:
Buckeye Burl Whorl, 2 3/4''
Flamewood Shaft 10''
0.8 oz
Right:
Flamewood Whorl, 2 5/8''
Pernambuco Shaft 9 3/4''
1.3 oz
Part 1. "Transit of Venus" - Bocote (Mexican Rosewood), Pu-Yok - Lace Sheeoak, "Southern Cross" - Pacific Blackwood (Queen Ebony, Tubi)
The fiber on the spindle is a merino/tencel blend from Spincerely yours on etsy. The scarf is being knit with bfl singles spun from spunky ecelectic bfl in the color brain freeze.
The spindle Evan got me for my 23rd birthday. It's a Jenkins turkish delight in Canary. It weighs .81 oz or 23g.
Bottom Whorl Drop Spindle in red and black.
Features kanji symbols for:
Wool
Sheep
Yarn
Spin / Make Yarn
around the outside of whorl
Worl is 3" in diameter. Shaft is 10.5" long and 3/16" in diameter.
gift from teabird; shadow likes it. fibre is unknown $2 from briar rose fibres, purchased at rhinebeck 2009 (i'll get around to checking staple length some day)
Loved it. Different, not better or worse than a spinning wheel. All spinners should try it. Plus, I think it is actually easier to ply using the drop spindle than a wheel.