They're especially nice if they arrive in the mail when it's snowing... AGAIN! Geez! Anyway, I ordered this beauty from Butterfly Girl Designs, who makes lovely spindles. The whorl is polymer clay and the entire spindle weighs .8 ounce. I've been spinning up a sample of Merino/pygora. I think I may be in love with pygora. When I get my little place in the country...
Unfortunately, it was a small sample and what you see is the entire sample. Still, it was enough to tell me the spindle spins beautifully, although due to the small diameter of the whorl, not for very long.
I may have to start a spindle collection.
Oh, just wait. May I show you the Rolls Royce model? I'd like to introduce you to Golding:
http://www.dropspindle.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=106
Mine (and the only one I own) is a 3" model of his called "Tsunami" that I recieved as a gift. I'll bring it in on Monday. I have some silk on it and it's wonderful.
I love the custom painted ones! Take a look at "Black Widow" and "Aspen Leaves".
Posted by: Alice | March 28, 2008 at 08:57 AM