For this issue’s theme of Spindles, we asked readers to submit their spindle-spun yarns. Whether supported or suspended, batts or rolags, qiviut or Great Pyrenees, fat or thin—our readers fl icked, twiddled, and twirled their spindles to produce some outstanding yarns.
1 Sarah Howard of Cumming, Georgia 2-ply art yarn, 18 wpi, about 1,344 ypp
Textured batt from Jazz Turtle Creations (Merino, silk, and Stellina) spun on a Mirkwood Pippin support spindle.
2 Dale Jackson of Romulus, New York 2-ply, 12 wpi, about 1,038 ypp
Dehaired mohair spun on a suspended spindle.
3 Lynette Merrill of Soldotna, Alaska Single, 48 wpi, about 9,125 ypp
100% qiviut spun on a Russian support spindle.
4 Dawn Penny of Norfolk, Virginia 2-ply, 24 wpi, about 2,888 ypp
Gnomespun Dorset fi ber in Lobelia…
