Drop spindle
These heddles are fairly lightweight, with a detachable whorl, and they are in the same style that my grandfather made for my grandmother, who taught me how to spin. The cutout head makes the thread come off the heddle staff completely centered, which makes for longer, smoother rotations than if it’s finished with a metal hook.
The material is local Swedish birch and they are made by Oscar Larsson, a young Swedish craftsman who has set up his workshop about 20 minutes drive from me.
The spindles weigh 45 grammes and measures 27 cm long. They come disassembled, and you put them together by simply sticking the whorl onto the slim end of the staff and slip it upward until it sticks from the friction of the wood. If you want an instruction for how to assemble your spindle I have made a video, posted here in the blog section!
These heddles are fairly lightweight, with a detachable whorl, and they are in the same style that my grandfather made for my grandmother, who taught me how to spin. The cutout head makes the thread come off the heddle staff completely centered, which makes for longer, smoother rotations than if it’s finished with a metal hook.
The material is local Swedish birch and they are made by Oscar Larsson, a young Swedish craftsman who has set up his workshop about 20 minutes drive from me.
The spindles weigh 45 grammes and measures 27 cm long. They come disassembled, and you put them together by simply sticking the whorl onto the slim end of the staff and slip it upward until it sticks from the friction of the wood. If you want an instruction for how to assemble your spindle I have made a video, posted here in the blog section!
These heddles are fairly lightweight, with a detachable whorl, and they are in the same style that my grandfather made for my grandmother, who taught me how to spin. The cutout head makes the thread come off the heddle staff completely centered, which makes for longer, smoother rotations than if it’s finished with a metal hook.
The material is local Swedish birch and they are made by Oscar Larsson, a young Swedish craftsman who has set up his workshop about 20 minutes drive from me.
The spindles weigh 45 grammes and measures 27 cm long. They come disassembled, and you put them together by simply sticking the whorl onto the slim end of the staff and slip it upward until it sticks from the friction of the wood. If you want an instruction for how to assemble your spindle I have made a video, posted here in the blog section!