Shaft length 4-1/4inches (10.80 cm)
Whorl width 2-1/2 inches (6.35 cm)
The shaft is dymondwood in the color of artic Blue.
The whorl is also dymondwood in the color of Artic Blue, this is a Icey blue color with lighter highlights. If you look close enough you can almost see the aurora borealis in the wood.
The woods used for this spindle are called dymondwood. It is a laminated maple that has been dyed with various colors, some are left natural. It is then glued, heated and pressed back together making it a super strong solid piece of wood. This is not the same as plywood, which is layers of wood glued together without the heat bonding.
I spin cotton, silk, and many wool blends on my tiny spindles depending on the weight. The lighter weight tiny spindles are best suited for silks and silk blends. The Medium weight spindles can be used for spinning silks, silk blends, cottons and wool fibers. The heavier spindles are good for plying and make a excellent first spindle for beginners. With practice and experience you can spin just about anything on any weight spindle.
A good general guild line is as follows:
0.4 oz.-0.8 oz. will spin a fine lace to finger weight yarn.
0.9-1.4 will spin fingering to sports weight yarn.
1.5-2.0 will spin a sport up to bulky yarn as well as make a good plying spindle.
Turkish spindle make good beginners spindles because they are well balanced and easy to use. You do not have to have a lot of extras tools as this one will make a ball as you spin and wind on.
You can also use them as support spindles and spin short fibers such as cotton, camel, yak and cashmere's. I use handcarders and make rolags to spin my short fibers unsupported or supported. I do this on a medium spindle with a weight of 0.9 up to 1.4 ounces.
Have you ever spun a really cool single yarn and left it that way because you couldn't find anything to ply with it? You can spin a really fine single thread on this little spindle and then ply it with that really cool yarn......spin some glitz or silk and add some luster and pizazz to it.
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