• a colourful drop spindle with a bird shaped whorl, yellow beak-shaped peg and pink shaft with silver hook on the end. Text reads spinning sparrow by song spinner
  • Pictures show the same spindle from the main listing picture with some fibre being plied on, with a hand holding a small plying ball. Text reads creates a plying ball as you spin, easy removal of spun yarn
  • Text reads adjustable whorl height, collapsible and portable, weighs 25g. There are arrows pointing to divets along the shaft denoting the 5 potential whorl height options.
  • Diagram detailing how to wrap the whorl. Numbered and colour coded arrows denote that you should go under the tail, over the wing, around the beak, and then back over the wing.
  • Text reads you will receive one shaft and one peg (your choice of colour), One whorl (your choice of colour) and Note: peg and shaft colour will be the same. Arrows are pointing at the different parts to buyers know which label belongs to which
  • A guide on how to remove your spinning for plying or storage. You first untwist and remove the peg, then you pull the whorl off the bottom of the shaft, then finally you pull the fiber off the tail end of the whorl.
  • Colour option swatches. Colours available are white, orange, yellow, lime, blue, purple, pink and black
  • Test atop a picture of some unspun yarn, spun and plied yarn and two sets of Spinning Sparrows reads: This spindle is fully designed, 3D modelled, printed, hand-finished and packaged by myself in my home studio in Yorkshire, UK. It is hard wearing but if you are still learning to spin, place a cushion below the spindle to limit potential damage from the spindle falling on hard floors (happens a lot while learning, really puts the 'drop' in 'drop spindle'!)
  • Video features a demonstration of the Spinning Sparrow drop spindle. It shows the spindle being used at various whorl heights, how to change the whorl height on the 'fly', and how to remove the spun fibre from the whorl in order to create a plying ball and then spin from it directly after
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Song Spinner

The Spinning Sparrow - Adjustable Whorl Height, Make a Plying Ball as you Spin

The Spinning Sparrow - Adjustable Whorl Height, Make a Plying Ball as you Spin

£24.00 GBP
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Whorl Colour
Shaft & Beak/Peg Colour

This is a lightweight drop spindle with a couple of extra nifty little features!

• Adjustable Whorl Height - 5 different height settings!
Do you ever wish your fixed height spindle just... Wasn't?
Ever wonder what a mid-whorl spindle feels like to spin with?
Ever change your mind halfway through spinning and decide you wanted to use a bottom-weighted spindle all along?
With the Spinning Sparrow, you can! Just untwist its beak/peg a little (not advisable on a real life sparrow), slide the whorl up or down to your preferred setting, twist to tighten the beak/peg again and keep spinning on your now-empty whorl!

• Make a Plying Ball as you go!
A Plying ball is a ball of spun fibre where both ends can be pulled from for plying from. Also sometimes called a centre-pull ball.
No more eyeballing whether you have the same amount of spun fibre on two different spindles for plying.
No more time-consuming unwinding step - just remove your spun fibre off the tail end of the whorl.
Plying balls can be stored for use later if needed. Easy removal means you can keep spinning straight away.

• Collapsible and Compact
If you like to spin while out and about, this is a fantastic spindle. The whorl can be removed from the shaft without losing the fibre stored on it (just don't twist the beak/peg all the way out when removing the whorl). No need to worry about an awkwardly shaped spindle breaking in your bag. Disassembled, it's the perfect size to pop in a pencil case for travel.

I am a MASSIVE fan of plying balls and cutting out steps when crafting, so I designed this little guy!

It is inspired by Turkish drop spindles, but I wanted to see if I could create something that could work similarly but be top weighted (I like to 'rev' my drop spindles against my leg, very awkward for bottom weighted spindles!).
I added in a hook and the ability to change the whorl height and thus the Spinning Sparrow was hatched!

The Spinning Sparrow is designed, 3D modelled, printed and hand finished by me using Bambu PLA filament on a Bambu Lab P1S printer in my home.

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