Antique Italian Drop Spindle 02
This is an antique italian drop spindle (not a replica) from my personal collection. It has been cleaned and waxed, but presents the sign of times. Please refer to the details!
You use it like you would do with a Turkish spindle, with a half knot on top to hold the thread you are spinning - the notch on top ensures that the knot doesn’t slip.
This spindle was used for different fibers: here in the mountains, folks used to spin wool on it. On the countryside plains instead, they also cultivated hemp and spun it with these spindles.
** VERY GOOD CONDITION. The two ends may look the same, but look carefully, one has a slight bulb, that’s the flicking tip!
Size: 24 cm (9.5in)
Weight: 30gr
A bit of lore…
It was a treasure for every girl and woman, especially in a farmers economy, where it was essential in transforming wool into garments, in a society that was quite poor and where a wheel was a luxury.
In Italian, to spin wool is said "filare" (to make thread, more or less). During the courtship, it was tradition for the young man to gift the fiancee with a spindle. In fact, when a young girl had a suitor, it was used to say that "she had a filarino" (which you could loosely translate as having a little spinning?😅).
It is a saying that is heard just from old people nowadays, because young generations have lost the tradition of spinning and spindle gifting.
But I find it so romantic ❤️
This is an antique italian drop spindle (not a replica) from my personal collection. It has been cleaned and waxed, but presents the sign of times. Please refer to the details!
You use it like you would do with a Turkish spindle, with a half knot on top to hold the thread you are spinning - the notch on top ensures that the knot doesn’t slip.
This spindle was used for different fibers: here in the mountains, folks used to spin wool on it. On the countryside plains instead, they also cultivated hemp and spun it with these spindles.
** VERY GOOD CONDITION. The two ends may look the same, but look carefully, one has a slight bulb, that’s the flicking tip!
Size: 24 cm (9.5in)
Weight: 30gr
A bit of lore…
It was a treasure for every girl and woman, especially in a farmers economy, where it was essential in transforming wool into garments, in a society that was quite poor and where a wheel was a luxury.
In Italian, to spin wool is said "filare" (to make thread, more or less). During the courtship, it was tradition for the young man to gift the fiancee with a spindle. In fact, when a young girl had a suitor, it was used to say that "she had a filarino" (which you could loosely translate as having a little spinning?😅).
It is a saying that is heard just from old people nowadays, because young generations have lost the tradition of spinning and spindle gifting.
But I find it so romantic ❤️
This is an antique italian drop spindle (not a replica) from my personal collection. It has been cleaned and waxed, but presents the sign of times. Please refer to the details!
You use it like you would do with a Turkish spindle, with a half knot on top to hold the thread you are spinning - the notch on top ensures that the knot doesn’t slip.
This spindle was used for different fibers: here in the mountains, folks used to spin wool on it. On the countryside plains instead, they also cultivated hemp and spun it with these spindles.
** VERY GOOD CONDITION. The two ends may look the same, but look carefully, one has a slight bulb, that’s the flicking tip!
Size: 24 cm (9.5in)
Weight: 30gr
A bit of lore…
It was a treasure for every girl and woman, especially in a farmers economy, where it was essential in transforming wool into garments, in a society that was quite poor and where a wheel was a luxury.
In Italian, to spin wool is said "filare" (to make thread, more or less). During the courtship, it was tradition for the young man to gift the fiancee with a spindle. In fact, when a young girl had a suitor, it was used to say that "she had a filarino" (which you could loosely translate as having a little spinning?😅).
It is a saying that is heard just from old people nowadays, because young generations have lost the tradition of spinning and spindle gifting.
But I find it so romantic ❤️