Made a spindle earlier tonight .
Used a piece of 12mm dowel , sanded it from bottom to top , leaving the bottom at 12mm and taking the top down to about 9mm . Cut a notch about 1 3/4" from the top , sanded all smooth then waxed it with beeswax .
I made the whorl out of 2 discs of thick cardboard , all i had here , made holes in the centre then slid them down to about 1 1/2" from the bottom .
Tied on a couple of feet of wool and got some fleece out ready to spin . What a bloody mess lol . The spindle worked , but i didn't .
Kept going and began to get some very variable yarn spun .
It has been many years since i spun this way , and i have completely forgotten everything .
But i am getting yarn , albeit crap yarn .
Will have to get some fleece now , if anyone has any left now . They had plenty earlier , but that was when they had just sheard their sheep .
So , i am up and running at last .
I have sort of sussed the crochet now , and can do chain st , slip st , and double crochet and it looks like the pics in the book . Have been playing with that for a bit , and then the spindle , so will get the knitting going tomorrow again .
Will have the knitting going , the crochet and now the spindle , so can choose which to do depending on mood .