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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
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 Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 4:52:41 PM
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Hi Ladies
I've noticed more spinning posts here lately (thanks to Diana I think!) so I wondered if anyone knows a supplier for inexpensive drop spindles, top or bottom whorl?
Thanks for any help out there.
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
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Posted - Aug 23 2008 : 3:57:07 PM
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Luna, I looked at a couple of sites online, but they are still not really wholesale prices! I know you can get directions online to make them. Also check around on etsy and maybe ebay because sometimes you can find a good price on a set of them. I got mine on etsy that way!
Monica
Farmgirls Rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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frolicnfibers
True Blue Farmgirl
668 Posts
Diana
White City
Oregon
USA
668 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 9:06:54 PM
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Check out ford4him on Etsy...and there are many other reasonable ones there also. Good luck with finding your perfect spindle!
Diana
Please come visit my animals and my Etsy store on my new blog!
http://www.frolicnfibers.blogspot.com |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 12:06:19 AM
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I make them with a wooden wheel from hobby shops like micheals and a dowel.
Sand off the one end of the dowel and glue the dowel into the wheel. they wook pretty good. I made one on a bus in Alaska going to the next town one time, just had my jack knife. you can make them from CDs with a dowel anda rubber thingy that ya get from the hardware store, it rubber thingy goes in the hole of the CD and then you push the dowel through. on any with dowels you can put a cup hock in the end. you can make them with all kinds of things
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prairielandherbs
True Blue Farmgirl
690 Posts
Maggie
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2008 : 1:29:09 PM
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My friend Abi makes them,and the proceeds go to fun her bird rescue! I do not see the drop spindles on her site, but i know she has them, just drop her an email. they're gorgeous and work REALLY well. I had a horrible, HORRIBLE time spinning on the really light ones made from a dowel and a cd - i guess some folks can, but i never could. i find a heavier drop spindle to be FAR easier to learn on, at least for me.
anyway, my friend's site: http://prairiefiber.homestead.com/tools.html |
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NewlyAwakened
Farmgirl at Heart
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Elena
Roy
WA
USA
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 8:29:36 PM
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Thank you all,ladies for your help with this. I apologize for not acknowledging y'all sooner. I have not been on line much lately due to some personal issues taking up a most of my time. But I do appreciate the references and will check them out. I've actuallly found some very inexpensive student spindles on etscy but have not gotten them. I also ordered some of those little rubber thingys to make the cd ones. I will check your friend's site Elena. I hope to be having some spinning classes here at the little farmette this fall and winter and wanted to have some available for a kit. Thank you again!
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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