Support Spindles

I've become very interested in support spindles. PickleSue, a/k/a PickleSoup on Ravelry, is the one who got me really interested in them. And on Ravelry there are lots of very experienced support spindlers.

Well, Susan, a/k/a fleegle on Ravelry, is creating a book, Fleegle Spins Supported, if you are interested in learning how to use a support spindle and would like to purchase Susan's book, please go to Fleegle Spins Supported and add to faves. This will give Susan numbers so she will know how many books to have printed. Once she has these figures, she will know how much she needs to charge for here book.

Please check out her blog here and her Etsy store here. You can find discussions about her book here. And you can find her YouTube channel here.

Tags: Russian, Tibetan, book, learn, spindles, spinning, support

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on December 9, 2011 at 10:13pm

Nice! Thanks for posting this. I have a tiny supported spindle.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on December 9, 2011 at 11:43pm

Some of the support spindle makers have made tiny ones as ornaments. I so wish I had known so I could have gotten some.

Permalink Reply by wendy on December 10, 2011 at 12:39am

Thanks for the info. I don't own a support spindle, but a year ago October, I did purchase a rather small spindle that when you spin it, the 4 doo-whoppers (totally lacking the correct terminology here - lol) fold out and down. It does not spin very well, so I use it as a tree ornament.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on December 10, 2011 at 7:02am

Arms?

Permalink Reply by wendy on December 10, 2011 at 7:44am

Good description! I guess that's what happens when you stay up too late - lol.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on December 10, 2011 at 9:51am

You were probably thinking too hard. That's what happens to me when I do that.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on December 12, 2011 at 7:58am

Cute, Wendy. This is similar to Trindles. How interesting that the arms fold.

Permalink Reply by Susan Tofilon on December 10, 2011 at 6:55am

Cheryl,

I haven't tried support spindles yet but am sure I will at some point.

I love to try new things. I just bought a couple of Jenkins Turkish spindles.

Can't wait to get them.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on December 12, 2011 at 8:09am

Susan. I don't have any of the Jenkins, but I do have some from Threads thru Time and Jeri Brock (some of them have been inspired by suggestions from our very own PickleSue, as well as a couple from KP. But these support spindles have won my heart even though I'm not very good at it.

Permalink Reply by Tara Addesa on January 9, 2012 at 5:49pm

Ok Cheryl .. What in the bloom IS a "Support" Spindle?!?!? How Do They Differ from Our Top Drop/Or Turkish Spindles???

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 9, 2012 at 6:08pm

Tara, until Cheryl shows up, let me give you my definition. A support spindle rests on something (bowl, floor or some other surface) while spinning, rather than hang in the air like a drop spindle. I have a tiny one, but some are quite large.

Permalink Reply by Tara Addesa on January 10, 2012 at 12:24am

Ohhh Ok Peggy gotcha :)))) I've Seen PiX of them.. The Spindles and the Bowls to Spin them In.. Honestly wasn't Sure If That was Like an Old Cultural Custom Spindle..(like say Native to Maybe Peru or Brazil) I Really Wasn't Sure Who What or Why they were Used?!? Still Not Sure "Why" Some 1 might Prefer Those to Our Easy peasy Drop Spindles???