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Fashioning the Viking Age 2018-2023 | Viking age, Spindle whorls, Vikings

Fashioning the Viking Age consists of three parts that are interlinked. Viking Age Textile Production, Viking Age Male and Female Clothing, Viking Age Clothing and Textile Catalogue. Written sources, Vikings, Viking Age.

French spindle - Josefin Waltin spinner | Spinning yarn drop spindle, Spindle, Spindle whorls

This blog post is about my new French spindle. I describe the spindle and some of the history of the French spindle and spinning. I also compare the French spindle with the Portuguese spindle.

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The Weighty Matter of Turkish Spindles | Spin Off | Spinning yarn fiber, Spinning yarn, Weaving patterns loom

An experienced spinner can make almost any spindle do the job, but for a new spinner, picking the wrong spindle can lead to discouragement. From top-whorl to Turkish, size matters.

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Spindles of the Lesser Sunda Islands

Via Sue Richardson on FB. Spindles of the Lesser Sunda Islands. During this year's textile tour of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia we were fortunate to add these wonderful drop spindles to our collection. A simple drop spindle from the island of Lembata.

Eco-friendly Recycled Paper Whorl Drop Spindle

Description The second drop spindle I have made using a spiral of recycled paper. This is the first one. I used map paper for the whorl, held together with acrylic medium, and an old paintbrush for the shaft. Both the medium and the shaft were colored slightly blue-green by adding a bit of gel-pen ink to them (the reddish color on the shaft is from the coating of paint on the paintbrush). I couldn't decide weather to make it a top or bottom whorl spindle, so I put a hook notch on both ends…

Ancient Egyptian Wood Spindle Whorls

Three wood spindle whorls from Egypt. Left: New Kingdom type with conical whorl found at Gurob and dating to approximately 1450 BC. Middle: Flat whorl from the Middle Kingdom site of Gurob and dating to approximately 1880 BC. Right: Roman spindle whorl with metal hook from the site of Hawara and dating to approximately AD 200.

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Medieval and Viking Spindles Set with Multiple Whorls for Unique Spinning Experience

New batch of Medieval and Viking spindles and hand distaves in my Etsy shop, missingspindle. Multiple whorls for a broad weight-changing spindle experience in two of these sets. One set uses one whorl at a time. The most unusual set can use two whorls at a time in various combos.

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