Spindle Gallery: Spindlewood Square Mini and Wooly Designs "Flowers"

 
These two beautiful spindles were both custom orders. The square spindle comes from Steve and Connie at Spindlewood Co. and is made out of Holly, which has a very pale coloration with little to no grain markings. It's also a very light-weight wood. The pale whorl is complimented nicely be the Walnut shaft. I turned to Connie with urge to add a Holly spindle to my collection. She was truly wonderful and helped me choose the right size, weight and a matching wood for the shaft.
Wood: Holly whorl/Claro walnut shaft
Weight: 26 g
Size: 5.7 cm wide whorl; 22 cm long

The larger spindle on the right is a Tracy Eichheim design. It's his "Flowers" motif in a rim-style design. Tracy is a very thorough and knowledgeable craftsman and his fancy spindles with the intricate scroll-sewn motifs are truly unique. I was lucky enough to get in an order before he closes his shop for the fiber festival season. I custom ordered my spindle with him and we e-mailed back and forth to get the specifications straight to which he then build this spindle. This spindle turns like nobody's business and you get a lot of yardage on it without breaking into sweat.
Wood: Walnut, Birch
Weight: 38 cm
Size: 8.8 cm whorl