Proverbs 31:19
She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.
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A Forrester Drop Spindle. This little beauty has been on my "Spindle Must Have List" for a few years. Thanks to Annette, who alerted me to a spindle sale over at the Bellwether, I was able to remove this one from my list.
It's a Zebrano Wood whorl with a Beech Shaft. 37.4 g - 1.32 oz.
I see why so many spindlers covet the Forrester spindles they are very NICE.
I only have one left on the list and that's the Tabachek. When I first started spinning there were only a few spindle makers out there. Fortunately with the increase in popularity of spinning I'm seeing more and more folks turning to the lathe and branching out to spindle making. You'll find spindles made from clay, stone,plastic, CDs and good old wood. I prefer the wooden spindles. There is just something about twirling that little wooden gadget between your fingers with a puff of wool. The stresses of the day just fade away with each twirl.
Spindle with Jacob sheep wool
I stumbled across these sheepy links on the Ravelry "It's Only Natural" group and just loved them. This is a group for those of us who are fond of the natural undyed fibers.
If you have a fondness for the fibery sheep I think you will find them interesting .
Happy spinning,
Phyllis
A special thank you to all the veterans and their families today.
On our recent trip to North Carolina we drove through the small community of Apple Valley. Well, they weren't joking when they named it Apple Valley. This place has to be the apple capital of the world. I have never seen so many apple orchards in all of my life. There were numerous apple markets. Several of the apple trees were still loaded with apples even though it was apple harvest time.
We love apples in this family so we couldn't resist buying a bushel. We were allowed to mix and match our bushel so we chose a good variety of Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji and Cameo. These fresh apples are a great improvement over the hard, waxy apples that you find in the grocery stores. This one market had huge bins full of apples.Yummy! I hope the old saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is true.
Enjoy life,
Phyllis
In All Things Of Nature There Is Something Of The Marvelous
Aristotle
