Pink and yellow Merino wool top on the left, an airy tube with both colors mixed on the right. It looks a bit like a swirled confection.

A suspension spindle next to three samples of chain-plied yarn: pink-purple, blended from periwinkle and magenta, a solid green, and a yellow-green.

I've been playing with #spindle spinning the past week or so and having fun mixing colors in fauxlags, teasing out fiber with my bare hands (sounds very butch, no?)

Sorry for the bad pics.
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Bright pink and purple blended fauxlags bing spun on a hi-lo spindle, currently in the low whorl position

Light and dark streaks in wool top dyed purple resting in a bag with a low-whorl spindle on top

Reacquainting myself with my very first spindle, also low whorl, with a hook carved into the shaft similar in shape to some crochet hooks. The carved hook part is split so the yarn is always centered and does not require a half hitch. The fiber being spun is undyed grey wool prepped in rolags

A concrete wall by a canal, with fiber tools arranged on its flat top: loose wool, a drop spindle, a pair of hand cards, and a bag of washed wool that was skirted from a fleece.

I'm going hard with #spindle spinning this #tourdefleece
My plan for TdF is to spin in solidarity, rather than be super strict about it.

I live bouncing between various spindles. I'm currently enjoying a few low-whorl varieties.
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Picture shows five hand turned French spindles displayed vertically on a grey background. The left hand one is a very light coloured wood, the other four are a cream coloured wood. All have decorative lines incised around them in patterns which vary from spindle to spindle. All have narrow tips with a spiral groove carved into them, which the spindle hangs from when spinning without the need for a half hitch knot to prevent it falling.

The latest additions to my spindle collection are these replica French spindles by Polish wood turner Andrzej Naczynski. Andrzej’s work is fantastic quality and these spindles are a delight to use.
#distaffspinning #suspendedspindle #handspinning #shortsuspensionspinning
#spindlespinning

This is the spindle from my previous post, in action. The cap had a spiral groove which the yarn slips into, making a half hitch unnecessary. Traditionally, this type of spindle was used with a distaff and a short suspension technique and was quite a productive method of spinning.
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