Coloured Drop Spindles

We dye / paint, wax and assemble these drop spindles ourselves. 35-40g is a great weight of drop spindle for beginners and heavier spindles can be good for plying your wool onto. Sometimes referred to as free spindle spinning as the spinner was free to walk about whilst spinning. Spindle spinning has been dated back as far as 5,000 B.C. and historians agree that it could well be much earlier. Drop spindle spinning is a great, inexpensive introduction to the art of spinning allowing the spinner to create a great variety of yarns in a wide range of fibres from wool, cotton, silk and alpaca to seaweed and dog hair to name but a few.