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From left to right: 2 spindles from Serbia, an alleged spindle from Hungary and 5 spindles from Bulgaria
Who says orange and pink clash?
Industrious, delicate, colourful. The spindle is at its loveliest in autumn when its leaves turn russet and its pink and orange fruits ripen. Wildlife loves its leaves and fruit, and aphids flock to it, bringing with them an array of their predators.
Spindle is an ancient-woodland indicator. If you spot it while out exploring, it could be a sign of a rare and special habitat.
Spindle timber is creamy-white, hard and dense. In the past it was used to make ‘spindles’ for spinning and holding wool (hence its name), as well as skewers, toothpicks, pegs and knitting needles.
The fruits were baked and powdered, and used to treat head lice or mange in cattle!
Both the leaves and fruit are toxic to humans – the berries having a laxative effect.
Today, spindle timber is used to make high-quality charcoal for artists. Cultivated forms of the tree are also grown in gardens for autumn colour.
3 purpleheart Russian lace spindles & thread winders atop 2 nålbound spindle pouches (left one is Åsle stitch, the right one Oslo -- both with Reynolds Lopi burgundy icelandic yarn). In-progress on the spindle is homespun natural cotton. 6/15/07
Clockwise, starting at the outer ring with the Maxi:
- Birds Eye Maple Maxi, 42g
- Bubinga Midi, 29g
- Sumach Featherweight, 12g
- Canarywood Featherweight, 14g
- Moosie, 27g
- Olivewood Mini, 18g
- Morado Midi, 34g
- Ambrosia Maple Midi, 24g
- Karelian Birch Midi, 30g
Clockwise, inner ring, starting at the striped one on the left:
- Zebrawood Mini, 20g
- Red Cedar Featherweight, 12g
- Gabon Ebony Midi, 41g
- Tulipwood Mini, 24g
Not pictured:
- Tiger Maple Mini, 16g
I am a very good drop spindle spinner. I am spinning bamboo fiber in this picture. It will be used as weft for some pillowcases I have designed. I finished spinning the warp a couple years ago.
I only work on this project while in waiting rooms or when I'm on buses, airplanes and trains. I don't get out that much.
Yes, I really am a handweaver too.
How I really make a living is nobody's business except mine.
Sadly, this little part of our cultural landscape will soon be history, as the owners of the shopping center where this "art" is located will be building a Walgreens (!) on the site. They claim it's too expensive to move. Oh well. More Info: www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/461948,6_1...
UPDATE 4/14/08: It's for sale on EBAY! www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-spindle-both-14apr1...
UPDATE: Alas, the Spindle was demolished....5/2/08 : www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-spindlemay03,0,7042...
Cider Days on Walnut Street
Historic Queen Anne house in the Walnut Street Historic District in Springfield, Missouri was built in 1898 by Frank Fellows, owner and manager of the Springfield Wagon Works. Two and one half story frame house with gable and hip roof combination and an eight-sided tower forming the northwest corner of the house. A large gable pediment dominates the facade with decorative shingle work covering the face beneath which the gable wing has chamfered corners with soffit brackets. Decorative medallions are found beneath the eaves on all elevations. The porch fills the facade and wraps around both side elevations. The porch entablature is composed of turned spindles beneath an elaborate moulded and dentil patterned cornice. Info from Waymarking.com
Shadow had fallen over the garden when I got home, took the camera for a quick tour anyway (I want sunlight to get that magical light). Got a few shots that turned out ok anyway, these two are my favorites to far.
Pacific Mills was incorporated in 1853 with capital of $1 million. The original mills and print works were built by the Essex Company, remodeled in 1882, and enlarged and added to over the many years of its operation. In the latter part of the 19th century it was considered one of the foremost corporations in the world. Abbot Lawrence, the city’s namesake, was the first president. The company started as a producer of women’s dress goods in wool and cotton, and included a print house and dye works. By the 1890s the mills were producing calicos, lawns, shirtings, and a large variety of other products. By 1895 there were over 200,000 spindles turning.
After steady success, the company found that it could not weave enough cloth to keep its printing machines and bleaching kiers, or tubs, busy. To get more cloth, Pacific expanded into the South in 1915 by buying four of the sixteen mills of the financially distressed and South Carolina–based Parker Mills.
The new mills, collectively called Columbia Pacific Mills, consisted of Olympia, Granby, Richland, and Capital City Mills in Columbia. Mill villages containing 650 houses came with the purchase. In 1923 Pacific bought 750 acres of land eleven miles from Spartanburg to open Lyman Pacific Mills and another company town. The Columbia operations produced gray cloth that was shipped to Lyman or Lawrence for printing, dyeing, bleaching, and finishing.
The Olympia mill had the distinction of having the largest spinning room in the world in the 1920s, with 100,320 spindles. Such massive operations made Pacific into the world’s largest manufacturer of percale, a medium-weight, plain-woven printed cotton commonly used in bedsheets.
During World War II, Pacific’s South Carolina mills turned out more than 350 million yards of fabric for the war effort. This cotton cloth made millions of uniforms, shirts, shorts, sheets, mattress covers, raincoats, and camouflage items. In 1954 Burlington Industries bought the entire Pacific Mills chain but retained the label because Columbia had established a reputation for high-quality bedsheets, pillow cases, and towels. M. Lowenstein & Sons bought the mills in 1955, however, and removed the Pacific name. The new owners closed the Capital City and Richland mills in 1975 and 1981, respectively. Springs Industries acquired Lowenstein in 1985 and continued to operate the Olympia and Granby mills until 1996, when the aging plants were closed.
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More spindles I made. These are exotic woods like purpleheart, canarywood, and bloodwood. All are made using layers of 1/8" or 1/4" thick shapes. Some spindles have cherry shafts, the rest use generic plain dowels.
#0969: Those yellow filament-like crowns on the background are actually cactus spines from a bunny-ear cactus glowing in the sun. Location: Huntington Garden, San Marino CA
Spindle (Euonymus europaea) fruit. Spindle is a deciduous native tree, and mature trees grow to 9m and can live for more than 100 years. The bark and twigs are deep green, becoming darker with age, and have light brown, corky markings. Twigs are thin and straight. The leaves are eaten by caterpillars of moths, including the magpie, spindle ermine and scorched, as well as the holly blue butterfly. The leaves also attract aphids and their predators, including hoverflies, ladybirds and lacewings, as well as the house sparrow and other species of bird. The flowers are a rich source of nectar and pollen for insects such as the St Mark’s fly. Photo by Nick Dobbs 29-10-19 Londonthorpe Wood, Grantham
The moon had set, and the night was crystal clear but very cold. Even from my suburban backyard, NGC 3115 (the Spindle Galaxy) was not difficult to see in the 155mm refractor. A bright nucleus surrounded by an extended sphere of light with thin straight arms spreading outward in opposite directions. It was a fine sight.
This galaxy was missed by Messier but made the Caldwell List (#53) and the Herschel 400 list, so it is often visited and enjoyed by amateur astronomers. NGC 3115 has the distinction of having the nearest-to-Earth, billion-plus solar-mass black hole. With an active 2 billion solar-mass black hole at is core it is not a surprise that its bright nucleus shows so well in the eyepiece.
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