I made some from 2 rubber grommets, 5 CDs and a 30 to 36 inch long 3/8 inch dowel, sharpened one end on a belt sander and rounded the bottom. It helps if you have a hole or depression rest the bottom, so the spindle doesn't go skittering across the floor.
Fiber selection and prep is critical. You'll only have one hand to hold the fiber so it has to be easy to draw. Use loftily carded long fiber. Drawing out is a 2 step process. On the First draw, say about 2 yards, you are thinning the fiber supply to about the thickness of a pencil, and adding a little twist so it hangs together a bit. The 2nd draw you are taking that drawn-out-slightly-twisted section and adding the final twist to it. You can't accomplish both steps at the same time because the final amount of twist makes so much friction that the fibers won't slide. There's a variant of this technique on my video. Barbara Clorite Spindles Around the World video. To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
