This is the first spindle I bought at Stitches Midwest. I hadn't planned on buying any spindles, but I was with Jillian. We wandered into The Fold's booth and Toni had a huge display of Wasserman spindles. They are incredible. I'm not a woodworker, so I don't know how much work goes into these, but the patterns are so intricate that there must be a lot of time spent on them.
It's a big spindle, bigger than it looks. The shaft has a substantial heft to it. I find that if I don't draft fast enough, this spindle will stop and start spinning the other way very quickly (which happens to me frequently with some of my other spindles - but with this one, it happens FAST). It's a great plying spindle, plus it's gorgeous. Enough of a reason to keep it hanging in the forest. I didn't take a picture of the underside of the whorl, but it's just as beautiful as the top of the whorl. It reminds me of a really well done intarsia sweater - you know, as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside.
Specs
Shaft length: 13"
Whorl diameter: 3.375"
Wood: mahogany shaft, purpleheart/maple/ebony whorl
Weight: 1.75 oz
Price: $65.00
Where and when bought: Stitches Midwest, Chicago, August 2006
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