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Butterfly Girl Designs Spindles
A few weeks ago I bought a pair of spindles from Butterfly Girl Designs on Etsy. They came in very quickly, and I immediately started both of them each with some fiber. One of the spindles is about .7 oz, and on that one I started to spin some laceweight silk. That I will be plying with the fingering weight brown alpaca spun on the other spindle which is about 1.2 oz. One of the coolest things about these spindles is that I can use them as either top or bottom whorl. Cool!
These spindles are beautiful and simple, but I had a slight problem while spinning them. The hooks were a bit wide so that the yarn didn’t come out the top in line with the shaft. Any hint of a wobble was made worse by the hook and took any spin out of the spindle. It wasn’t a terrible spinning experience, but I knew they could be better so I sent a message on Ravelry to the seller to give her some suggestions for future improvements. Not only did she very quickly (after a quick request for ideas on the Spindlers group) work up a new style of hook to use, but she sent a set of each for me to try.
First of all I want it to be clear that no one has paid or solicited me to write this. With that out of the way, I highly recommend Butterfly Girl Designs as a place to get beautiful fairly priced spindles, and great service. I will definitely consider buying more in the future (if I ever have money again!).
The fiber I’m using on the other hand….has been very difficult and both are really flyaway. I can’t really say too much because these were Christmas gifts from my mom which is awesome. I think that when I ply them and am done with the yarn I’m spinning I’ll be much happier with them. I think the two will make a great combination, and this will be my first experience with plying a thick and thin together.
Entry: Not Gone Yet!
Author: cade
Time: December 2, 2008, 5:26 pm
Comment: yeah now you need to knit a baby kilt…it would be adorable
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