Green Owl Farmacy Yarn Holders…
We started making yarn spindles recently and will soon offer them for sale on our website. We have a big event coming up in May so we’re building our inventory of new designs using different construction methods and exotic hardwoods. We’ve had a lot of fun making these over the past couple of weeks and some of the professional knitters and weavers we know have given us some great feedback (and a lot of encouragement). Even though we’re relatively new at making yarn spindles, we’ve been turning quality products on the lathe for the past several years. Please let us know (comments section below) if there is anything in particular you like about our spindles, or if you have any ideas for different designs, hardwoods and other materials, sizes, or anything else you would like to see in a spindle. If you give us some ideas, we’ll try them out and post the results!
Making Our Yarn Spindles…
I’ll post a set of pictures showing how we build our yarn spindles. We are still perfecting our design for these yarn spindles, and when we do, we’ll post a start-to-finish set of pictures that show in detail how we construct them. In the mean-time, here is a picture of some of our “nearly finished” devices…
Larger Spindle 1
This spindle is made from cherry (spindle), birds eye maple (turntable), and purple heart.
Mid-size Yarn Spindle
This yarn holder is made from maple (spindle), birds-eye maple (handle and turntable), and movingui (base).
Round yarn spindle
Mid-size yarn holder with a maple spindle, caribbean rosewood turntable, and birdseye maple base.
Small Spindle
This spindle is made from red heart (spindle), birds-eye maple (turntable), and movingue (base). This is the first spindle I built using a large sealed bearing.
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Another small spindle made from red heart (spindle), birds-eye maple (turntable), and movingue (base). This is the first spindle I built using a large sealed bearing.
Magnetic yarn spindle.
This yarn spindle uses cherry (spindle), birds-eye maple (turntable), and purple heart (base), and includes a large sealed bearing for the action. This spindle also includes a “nut” for holding yarn onto the spindle during more energetic knitting sessions, or when the cat is around. The spindle is held to the table using two strong neodymium magnets so it comes apart easily.
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This small yarn holder has a 4″ turntable and a 4″ spindle. The overall height is about 7″ and it weighs about one pound five ounces.
Just finished plying MORE THAN 5,000 yards of handspun Rambioullet wool using two of these beauties. WOW!! It was the easiest, most enjoyable tool I’ve found in over 30 years of spinning! Enjoyed the lovely woods, great workmanship.