I am loving my new Bosworth spindle (the one on the left). It doesn't spin as long as the Spanish Peacock spindle on the right but it has a nice deep notch that makes a huge difference while you're spinning. The yarn doesn't slip out of the notch as easily as it can in other notched spindles. Love!
The Bosworth spindle I've been spinning on at home and the Peacock spindle is my travel spindle. It went with me to my spinning guild meeting Saturday. I'm making good headway on the yarn for the second spindle-spun sock I'll be knitting. You may spin faster on a wheel but you can get a lot of spinning done using a drop spindle. With my wheel, it's a procedure to pull the wheel out of the closet, take it out of the case, set it up and start spinning. Spinning with a spindle all you do is pick it up and give it spin. Spinning on a spindle you can pick it up 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there throughout the day. I've probably spun close to an ounce since Saturday. Not too shabby.
I'll be digging my spindles out soon - youngest daughter has expressed interest in learning to spin! (Yay!)
Posted by: gayle | May 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM