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Spindle Review ~ Trindles

8/5/2015

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Maker: Trindleman 
Weight: 11 g & 16 g /  3/8 and 1/2 oz
Length: 10.5" Shaft, 2.5" Arms  
Style: Unique
Material: Shaft: Redheart Arms: Malachite & Tigers Eye beads



I have a very special review for you today, very unique, very innovative and very customize-able spindles. My samples are both merino and I spun 15 yards and 51 yards in the 2 skeins.  


Trindles are made using a shaft, a neoprene hub and perimeter weighted arms.  The materials that go into making these spindles are vast.  The beads alone can be comprised or glass, metal, woods, semi precious stones and even ivory just to name a few.  If you are looking for a spindle you can really personalize, these are them.  

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My arms are beads made from Malachite and Tigers Eye.  I have always had a love for rocks and quite like these ones.  You can change the weight of your spindle, simply by changing up your arms.  The weights of these are as follows - Malachite (4 g) and Tigers Eye (9 g).  There are several arm sets you can choose from and if you have a special set of beads he can even make a custom set of arms for you!  Now how COOL is that?


The arms stay in place really well yet they are easy to remove and switch around if you need to.  

The neoprene hub is really quite ingenious.  There are 6 holes in these spindles so I could even add 2 sets of arms for extra weight if I needed.  The material is virtually indestructible and nice and lightweight.   It is snug on the shaft and there is no movement at all.  Both of mine are an inch down from the hook.  Even the placement of this hub could be customized to  make mid-whorl spindles and support spindles - which he also does (!)
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The shafts come in various woods and usually weight between 6 or 7 g.  For super fine yarns, there are also Trindle shafts made from carbon fibre which weight a mere 2 or 3 g,  seems so space age!  The shafts are nice and smooth and mine are both 10.5" in length.  They are very skinny as to not add a lot of weight and suit the rest of the spindle's appearance perfectly.   The tips are pointy but not overly.  I would take care in not dropping these, and spin over an area with some padding of some sort just to be on the safe side. 
 
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 I would also be careful in packing these babies for travel as they feel a bit dainty.  With that said, this spindle maker is so unbelievably awesome to offer a lifetime guarantee on Trindles.  If yours breaks or fails in anyway, he will repair or replace it, no questions asked.  That alone is reason enough to want to support this maker!
The hooks are simple but not a detail overlooked.  The end of the hook has been tapered so it doesn't have a blunt, ugly edge that may snag your spun yarn.  They have a nice wide curve that lines your yarn up perfectly with the shaft.
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And after all that, lets talk about how they spin shall we?  Like a dream. I was slightly worried that the arms would come flying out mid spin but that hasn't happened.  I was also a bit concerned that given the weights and the design of the arms that the spin time would be short and it wasn't bad at all.  BECAUSE of the design, and the weight distribution on the outer tips of the yarn, these spindles are amazing spinners!  They dance in the air, almost weightless and barely look like they are moving, kinda like a hummingbird.
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Winding on was a bit of a challenge at first though.  I had to slow down a bit and make sure I was building my cop under the arms and not in and around them.  Although, it would be worth a try if you needed to pack on more yarn to see if that helped with yarn storage if you kept it balanced and under control. 

When you buy these spindles you have to buy a shaft and arms separate.  This let's you choose your shaft preference and you can create your own spindle set.  I like how you can collect different arms and switch them out as you like.  You kinda get a modular spindle and you can change things up as you spin even.
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Spindle rating:
Length of spin:  14.9 seconds (average of three tests)
Fibre storage ability: If you are spinning very fine lace weight yarns, you will be able to pack a lot of yarn on these, and can change weights as you need to.
Looks: Very unique, and an ingenious design
Overall Rating: 8.5/10

Here is where I tell you a secret, I traded for these spindles.  A woman on Rav was looking for a Glindle (as is everyone) and she was offering these spindles as well as a Gripping Yarn french spindle in return.  I REALLY wanted the GY spindle and thought about this trade for over a week.  I even consulted my local fibre community on their opinions of Trindles as I had never tried them and wondered if they would be a fair trade with the spindle package being offered.  I decided to go for it and I am actually pretty happy I did.  I really love these spindles and they spun so effortlessly and were so nice and light that they are a joy to spin with.  I was quite impressed with the spindle maker as I mentioned above with his guarentee.  He also responded to peoples' comments on his Ravelry group with genuine care and even a bit of humour.  I respect that.  If you have ever been curious about these spindles, give one a try, or better yet, check out the Trindle Etsy shop and pick out a nice set of arms and a shaft and take the plunge, there is a reason they are popular!  
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