I’m a geek by trade so when it comes time to build things like a drop spindle I dig around in my miscellaneous drawer to find items that might work. I read a lot online on how to make your own drop spindles but they all involved drills and going to the store and buying stuff. In the end I figured what the heck I’ll just buy a few drop spindles but impatience got the best of me, I wanted one now and didn’t want to wait.
So, I present to you the 21st century Geek Spindle! I bet Bill Gates never thought his Windows 98 SE CD’s would be used like this.
Materials:
1. Dowel – rummaged in the barn and found one – Cut to 15”
2. Electrical Tape – Ok what person doesn’t have a roll or 5 of this hanging around the house?
3. (5) CD’s: I have boxes of useless CDs of old software, drivers, etc. 5 seemed to be a good weight
4. Small hook – Had several in the junk drawer
The dowel fit nicely through the hole of the CD. I taped above and below it to make sure it didn’t slide or rotate. I screwed the hook to the short side of dowel and piled up some tape at the edge of the CDs to make a “Groove” for the spun fiber to rest.
Voila! Geek Spindle! Sorry for the poor photo quality, I took them with my cell phone at work.
The roving I’m using is from my Reserve Color Champion black alpaca. I have 10lbs available anyone is interested email me.
I usually post my fiber projects on Monday’s but remember to check out Alpaca Farm Girl’s Fiber Arts Fridays!
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Update 7/8/09
Finsihed my first skein of yarn. 157 feet long 3 ply.
