I sold spindles and niddy-noddies at the Handspun-Handwoven show in Yellow Springs put on by the Miami Valley Weaver’s Guild. I had fun. Barry kept the kids all day and Logan even took a bottle.
What’s a niddy-noddy you say? This is a niddy-noddy:
It’s a tool a spinner uses to measure yarn (on this niddy-noddy one full wrap equals 1 yard of yarn) and turn it into a nice neat skein.
You could also use one of my niddy-noddies as a nostepinne–a Norwegian tool for winding a center-pull ball:
I just had a little card table booth. My spindles looked so pretty in their stand with their wool and books and packaging:
On Monday I’ll start putting what I have left up for sale on eBay.
Stay tuned…
I was one of Jessica’s customers today and I have been playing with my new toy this evening. Her spindles were so much prettier than the cheap starter spindle another booth had. I loved the natural color the spindles had instead of the blah look of the cheap wood ones. Thanks, Jessica, for getting me started spinning today!