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| Fiberholics - Spinning |
| This is a Kauri Nikolai spindle from The Bellwether. It weighs about 20 grams, and spins smoothly and evenly. The Kauri wood is very light, making this a laceweight spindle despite its size. |
| Two views of a homemade bead whorl spindle. This bead is not spherical, yet it's balanced and spins quite well. The shaft is a bamboo needle, US size 2. |
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| Here's the fruits of my first rainbow dyepot. The strip on the left was added near the end, as I was concerned that the dye had not exhausted. I used the Ashford instructions and I love the results! |
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| Peering into the dyepot, you can see my boo-boo. Hmm, why is there no Violet in this rainbow? The center hole is where I had put a canning jar, to prevent muddying up the colors. In the later trials, I used a wad of dry roving ... worked great! |
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| Carded up the various colors into rolags, and spun them in sequence. This was for a project I can't post until after Christmas! Staffan's socks were spun directly from roving. |
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| This Southdown skein won Best Spindle-Spun and Best NY State Wool at the Finger Lakes Fiber Festival. Spun on a canarywood Mini-Bosworth spindle, it's 50 wpi, 2-ply. |
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| A Bosworth Spindle family - Tulipwood daddy, 2oz; Thuya Burl mommy, 31g; and Paduak baby, 19g. |