First up and as promised some pictures of my wrist distaff. This first one is just it lying on my desk so you can see the beads and charms that give it some weight.
And this one shows it loaded with 50g of tops hanging as it would on my wrist. The upper silver bead allows me to tighten it against my wrist which seems to stop it sliding about so much. Although I doubt I'll spin 50g of lace at once (for starters my spindle can only just hold that much plied!) its good to know the distaff will take it for when I spin thicker yarns.
Having used it a bit today I can see it being a big success. One thing that I'd not anticipated is that the placement of the beads allows me to hang my spindle on the distaff when I'm not spinning. Useful when you want to make a cup of coffee and don't want to put everything down, or when you need to show your ticket on a train mid-spin.
And this one shows it loaded with 50g of tops hanging as it would on my wrist. The upper silver bead allows me to tighten it against my wrist which seems to stop it sliding about so much. Although I doubt I'll spin 50g of lace at once (for starters my spindle can only just hold that much plied!) its good to know the distaff will take it for when I spin thicker yarns.
Having used it a bit today I can see it being a big success. One thing that I'd not anticipated is that the placement of the beads allows me to hang my spindle on the distaff when I'm not spinning. Useful when you want to make a cup of coffee and don't want to put everything down, or when you need to show your ticket on a train mid-spin.
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