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Cobweb weight and laceweight spindles |
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Anne Grout is a potter, historian, and spinner here in State College, PA. She has developed a magnificent line of spindles from her knowledge of historical designs and symbols, and has refined them to be some of the best on the market. These spindles have excellent angular momentum for their weight, allowing them to spin rapidly with little effort. They are made in ranges from the finest laceweight to worsted, with a few custom spindles made larger, and can be either top or bottom whorl. Several of them can also be used as support spindles.
Anne makes these individually, and is trying to keep up with demand. Please allow 3-4 weeks for these to arrive. |
Irish Knot Spindle$15.00 Irish Knot spindle, from carved cross slab, Ireland. 4 oz, 3.5 inches. [Order] [Checkout] |
Sea Serpent Knot Spindle$15.00 The Sea Serpent knotis adapted from the Book of Kells. Medium weight spindle for fingering to sport weight yarn. 1.6 oz/ 2.5 inches [Order] [Checkout] |
Brentford Spiral Spindle$15.00 Brentford Spiral, from the Brentford Knob Roundel, England, ca. 100 BC, 2 sizes, 1.6 oz, 2.5 inches, and 3.5 oz, 3 inches. [Order] [Checkout] |
Celtic Knot 2 Spindle$15.00 a medium weight spindle for fingering tosport-weight yarn. The pattern for Celtic Knot 2 is from the Book of Kells.2.4 oz/2.75 inches. [Order] [Checkout] |
Chinese Iris Spindle$15.00 Chinese iris design, 4 oz, 3.5 inches [Order] [Checkout] |
Chou Dragon Spindle$15.00 Chou dynasty dragon, from Chinese jade pendant. available in 2 sizes, 2.2 oz (2.5 inches), and 4 oz (3.5 inches). [Order] [Checkout] |
Gandersheim Beasts Spindle$15.00 Gandersheim Beasts is a pattern from an 8th century carved box. 2.4 oz/2.5 inches. medium weight spindle. [Order] [Checkout] |
Goldfish spindle$15.00 medium weight spindle for sport weight to fingering weight yarns. [Order] [Checkout] |
Aztez Jaguar Spindle$15.00 Aztec Jaguar, 4 oz, 3.5 inch, from clay pre-Columbian spindle whorl [Order] [Checkout] |
| Ann Grout spindles are finely crafted ceramic spindles that are durable and beautiful. They spin exceptionally well, being balanced for the maximum angular momentum possible for the weight of the spindle. The spindles are all the same price, but the weight of the spindle determines what size yarn it will spin best. If the spindle is too heavy for the yarn, the yarn will break as you spin, whereas if it is too light, the spindle will tend to try to back-spin. We have categorized the different spindles according to the weight of yarn that they spin. |
