Created By Artsygal

Those of you who were with my at Maryland Sheep & Wool saw first hand that it was love at first sight for me and my brand new Golding dropspindle . I absolutely love using it and haven't gone back to my Schacht Hi-Lo spindle that I learned on since.

I've known for a while now that it was only a matter of time before I bought another spindle. This time I wanted one of the more decorative ones from Tom Golding's vintage collection. SO last week I finally settled on one and called to place my order.

Here's what came in the mail yesterday...

Isn't it a beauty? The whorl is made of a Nepalese mandala, which while not exactly the same as Indian designs has its similarities. So being Indian (as in from India, not Native American) I just had to have it. And there was a bit of a suprise when I got it. Most decorative spindles have their designs only on the top of the whorl while the bottom is bare. But look here!

Even the underside is decorated!

So far I've just tested out a little bit of merino on it and it spins beautifully. It is a little heavier than my other spindle, coming in at .90 oz.. so it will be great for spinning about a sock yarn weight on it I think. Whether I actually am crazy enough to attempt to spin a full 4 oz of sock yarn on a spindle with a whorl just 1.75 inches across remains to be seen though. Stranger things have happened!

In OTHER news... have you seen this yet?

Yup. I now dye roving too. Come and get it! I did something I never do this time around. I kept something I dyed for myself before sticking it in the shop. But that's fodder for another post right?