About Niddynoddy
I handcraft drop spindles, supported spindles, and medieval-style spindle sticks and whorls.
. . . as well as other fibre tools, for craftspeople.
Niddynoddy Description
We hand make a range of fibre tools, for crafts people.
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Finger distaffs in coloured Beech, spalted Beech, and English Walnut...
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French spindles. Walnut and Maple.
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French spindles and finger (ring) distaffs...
Sweet Chestnut and Indian Ebony
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Three new Tibetan style spindles...
Hawthorn and Walnut whorls and all with a Pear shaft. Two have a brass tip.
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Three new Tibetans... Hawthorn & Sycamore, Cedar & Sycamore, and Walnut.
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Some new medieval style wooden whorls...
Walnut, Cedar, Yew, Ash, and Cherry.
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Because it consists primarily of talc; would explain why turning soapstone on a lathe leaves me looking like a ghost...
Soapstone spindle whorls.
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A couple of new hand distaffs, and an orifice hook...
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I've just listed some new supported spindle bowls and a couple of medieval style spindle whorls over on Etsy.
The spindle bowls are in Olive Ash, Zebrano, and an unknown up-cycled hardwood (the reddish brown one).
The whorls are spalted Beech.
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If you haven't seen it before, here's an example of my portable niddy noddy design.
As you can see, it can be assembled as either a 2 yard, 1.5 yard, or 1 yard and beaks down in to 5 pieces for easy storage and transport.
The pieces slot together on tapered joints, which makes for a nice firm fit.
... This particular example is made from a single piece of slightly spalted and coloured Beech.
£65.00 (GBP) plus postage.
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Some new spindles have just been listed over on Etsy.
Four Tibetan style supported spindles and two "light weight" top whorl drop spindles.
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Today, in the workshed...
More medieval style spindle sticks, in the making...
When I first started making these I didn't think that I'd be making a handful almost every day. :)
Two new supported spindles.
Both have a Maple whorl and a titanium tip. One has a Cherry shaft and the other, a Pear shaft.
Left: Maple & Pear - 23g... Right: Maple & Cherry - 22g
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I've just listed some new medieval style wooden whorls over on Etsy.
This little batch includes whorls made from Beech, Laburnum, Bubinga, Knobthorn, and Tamarind.
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Turning tiny beads on a hand distaff... It's so easy to get a catch doing these, and because they're so small it's almost always iretreivable when it happens.
Greko/Roman inspired hand distaff in Sycamore and Pear...
36cm long, and weighing 39g
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