Tiniest Spindle

I wasn't going to be one of those people enamored of drop spindles. I like my wheel! It does a lot of yarn quickly and far more consistently than I can do by hand. But... I'm a sucker for tiny things. >_>

How tiny, you ask?

This is a mini Turkish spindle from Snyder Spindes on Etsy. It's a whopping 4.25" long, with 2.5" arms, and like all Turkish spindles it winds a center pull ball around the arms and comes apart in pieces so you can just slide the ball free. I LOVE IT. It's so very tiny! I can put it in my pocket, carry around a sandwich bag of roving, and spin on the bus!

Isn't it ADORABLE?? And it has an excellent spin for making very thin lightweight singles.

The bits of roving you're seeing on it are:
1) A 50/50 merino-bamboo mix (the purple-ish blue) from Opalessence Fiber Studio on Etsy
2) Some 100% tencel (the white) from Dyingforcolor on Etsy.

Merino-Bamboo

Tencel

The merino-bamboo spins up like a dream, nice and easy to get consistent and thin. The tencel is a lot slipperier and hence harder to get consistent - also, it's fuzzy. VERY fuzzy. I end up with puff clouds of it stuck to my hands, my clothes, and sort of free floating around me if I handle it for too long. I can see why people mix the tencel with other things, but I haven't mastered blended combing yet.