Tag: spindle

  • Got this beautiful bottom whorl spindle from RagBagRebelAlliance on etsy. It’s turned from reclaimed antique parts; shaft is a furniture leg, whorl is a treadle spinning wheel whorl combined with a spinning wheel bobbin end. It kinda reminds me of a dalek eyestalk. It’s 89g so is going to be a plying spindle. My only…

  • My new gossamer support spindle, made by local Australian artisan The Spindle Shop, along with a reversible support bowl arrived. This spindle is absolutely lovely. It’s made from banksia, lacewood, and frogwood & weighs 16 grams. The support bowl has a shallow dimple and a deeper dimple & is made from camphor. This is my…

  • Started up my Harmony roving on a new banksia pod spindle. Meanwhile the 100g Ice&Fire roving was finished and pulled off onto the niddy noddy (498yds / 455m), freeing up the spindle for the next 100g ball.

  • Holy smokes, I spun up approximately 236yds (215m) of yarn. Now it needs to rest for a bit before I set the twist.