(Half) Hitch in Your Drop-Spindle Technique? Try Two Methods
Low-whorl drop spindles often have a simple, straight shaft without a hook to secure the yarn.
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Low-whorl drop spindles often have a simple, straight shaft without a hook to secure the yarn.
While you’re keeping your eyes on your drafting and your feet are treadling away at the spinning wheel, what’s on your feet?
Frequent Spin Off contributor Devin Helmen ruminates on how it all started.
There isn’t one right or wrong way to spin, but if you’re teaching a beginning spinner, here are a few things you might want to avoid.
Revisit some of Priscilla's many Spin Off articles published across three decades.
Learn three ways to add a leader to your top- and bottom-whorl spindles.
Ready to build your drop-spindle skills? Devin’s all-new spindle video course has launched. See the trailer and get Rita Buchanan’s distaff pattern!
When I was growing up, my mother told me about the legend of the animals that would talk at the stroke of midnight on Christmas. I never checked what our old horses might say; it was too cold to go to the barn at midnight.
If you’re on the go as summer turns to fall, your drop spindle can be the perfect companion.
A craftsman of fine spindles looks at a forest of trees or a wood pile in much the same way that a spinner views sheep in a field.
Mid-whorl spindles commonly called Akha spindles can be used as supported spindles, suspended spindles, or a bit of both. Let’s take a closer look!
Cotton and other short-stapled fibers are traditionally spun on spindles that make long-draw spinning easy. Devin has three favorites to share, each from a different part of the globe.