[Regia-NA] spindles and whorls

Carolyn Priest-Dorman list-regia-na@lig.net
Thu, 05 Dec 2002 14:36:42 -0500


Charlotte asked:

>Can anyone point me to good sources for info. about spindles and whorls?
>All details are helpful, though I'm especially looking for
>good, clear photographs so that I can reproduce some.

_Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate_ is very good for that.  There are 
also several other sources listed on my spindle whorls page.

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/spindles.html

Also, here's a photo of some repro soapstone whorls my husband made.

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/image/whorls.jpg


Carolyn Priest-Dorman              Þóra Sharptooth
  http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html