The new fiber tools above are now for sale in our Etsy shop!
Showing posts with label peruvian style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peruvian style. Show all posts
Wednesday
New Andean Style Reproduction Bottom Whorl Spindles
Four new Andean style reproduction bottom whorl drop spindles were listed in our Etsy shop this week. These four newest Andean spindles were pyrographed by Dave with an authentic Pre-Columbian design. While these spindles have already been sold, you can view photos of all them in our Flickr portfolio.
Sunday
New Andean/Peruvian Reproduction Bottom Whorl Drop Spindles
Friday
New Andean/Peruvian Style Bottom Whorl Drop Spindles
Six new Andean style reproduction spindles have been added to our Etsy shop! Andean spindles are suspended drop spindles with no frills...no hook, no notches and no grooves. They were developed to spin long-staple alpaca and other camelid fibers native to the Andes. Spinning is done off the side using a half hitch.
Wednesday
Andean/Peruvian Style Bottom Whorl Drop Spindles
Monday
Spindles and Bowls
Tuesday
New Spindles-Andean/Peruvian Style and Top Whorl Drop Spindles
Here are a few of the newest spindles in our Etsy shop. Two are Andean style bottom whorl drop spindles, and the other is a mini top whorl drop spindle.
Sunday
New Handspinning Tools
Saturday
New Andean/Peruvian Style Drop Spindles
Four new Andean style drop spindles were listed in our Etsy shop this evening. Andean spindles are suspended drop spindles with no frills...no hook, no notches and no grooves. They were developed to spin long-staple alpaca and other camelid fibers native to the Andes. Spinning is done off the side using a half hitch.
Dave has made these spindles in the same affordable and basic fashion as the original Andean spindles with one exception--he mounts the spindle whorl blank on the shaft, and then turn and shape the whorl and shaft together to achieve a well balanced spindle. Dave's reading and research on Andean spindles indicates that the whorls are shaped first, and then fitted on a hand shaped (sometimes not too straight) shaft. He assumes that one benefit of this is that once a shaft is worn out the whorl can be removed and fitted to a new shaft, but he just cannot bring himself to make a spindle that wobbles, so these whorls are permanently fixed and balanced.
Dave has made these spindles in the same affordable and basic fashion as the original Andean spindles with one exception--he mounts the spindle whorl blank on the shaft, and then turn and shape the whorl and shaft together to achieve a well balanced spindle. Dave's reading and research on Andean spindles indicates that the whorls are shaped first, and then fitted on a hand shaped (sometimes not too straight) shaft. He assumes that one benefit of this is that once a shaft is worn out the whorl can be removed and fitted to a new shaft, but he just cannot bring himself to make a spindle that wobbles, so these whorls are permanently fixed and balanced.
Friday
New Andean/Peruvian Style Bottom Whorl Drop Spindles
These are Dave's newest Andean style bottom whorl drop spindles. The woods used are from left to right:
*Cedar and Mahogany
*Oak and Redheart
*Walnut and Hickory
*Poplar and Cherry
*Paduak and Hickory
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Monday
Andean/Peruvian Style Reproduction Bottom Whorl Drop Spindles
These new spindles are reproductions of an Andean style spindle. Andean spindles are suspended drop spindles with no frills...no hook, no notches and no grooves. They were developed to spin long-staple alpaca and other camelid fibers native to the Andes. Spinning is done off the side using a half hitch.
I have made these spindles in the same affordable and basic fashion as the original Andean spindles with one exception--I mount the spindle whorl blank on the shaft, and then turn and shape the whorl and shaft together to achieve a well balanced spindle. My reading and research on Andean spindles indicate that the whorls are shaped first and then fitted on a hand shaped (sometimes not too straight) shaft. I assume that one benefit of this is that once a shaft is worn out the whorl can be removed and fitted to a new shaft, but I just cannot bring myself to make a spindle that wobbles so these whorls are permanently fixed and balanced.
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