Now, it takes a long time to make even a two- or three-ounce skein by the drop spindle method.
In case you didn’t know, a drop spindle is nothing more than a tapered dowel–weighted at the bottom–which you hold vertically and let rotate while pulling wool from the top. Up until then, Barbara had been spinning our “homegrown” wool (which comes from a little black sheep and a white woolly that we keep here on our ten acres) on a drop spindle. One day Barbara–that’s my best friend–and I got this wild idea: Why not try to make a spinning wheel? This DIY spinning wheel uses an old bicycle wheel and a little bit of grit. Here’s a gem from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS archives: How to make a spinning wheel with common items. Home Organization News, Blog, & Articles.
