This is the best tool I’ve made since I started spinning / spindling. The one thing that confounded me, was the plying. Oh, I could ply alright. I could Andean ply. I could wind my single onto a bobbin or into a center pull ball. I could take two or three balls of singles and wind them yet again onto a felt ball and ply from that. I could do it many ways, but ALL of them required extra time and extra steps and extra frustration. Why? Why, when I could do it in one step and ply back onto my spindle or onto a wheel.
That means no more little tiny skeins of yarn to splice together.
Who’d want to do that to cashmere and silk?
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12 responses to “the spindler’s kate”
Very nice idea! I still haven’t picked up the straws to use on my spindles. This afternoon I’ll make a stop!
You’re a genius! Love the your rendition of a spindler’s kate! Perfect.
Verrrry interesting! I love the wood you’ve used for the top!
I want one of those.
You are SO clever, Judy. It’s beautiful (love the wood you chose, with the great big knot!) and functional too! 🙂
Oh là….Judy, are you going to be making more? That’s wonderful!
VERY COOL!! I know I have told you a gazillion times how much i LOVE my winder…….I think I could love one of these too! Heeeeeeeee
Glad you found a way to work the way you like most !
And the yarn looks super !
That not only looks beautifully functional, it is also beautiful.
Very clever!
Ah, necessity…the mother of all (whoops, I mean the mother of invention) heh heh…
great looking invention! And the end of frustration!
ummm….you wouldn’t consider marketing those kates, would you????
Looks lovely! 🙂