I usually watch your videos for the spinning magic but often find myself down a different rabbit hole as I listen to you ‘yarn’. Last week I got buried in the ethical dilemmas of wool prices. Today I’m deep in the rabbit hole of festive dates and traditions. Each region of the world is so different. For me, Christmas and Santa and gift giving always happens on 25 December. It’s usually hotter than hell and families tend to fall into 2 camps; beach barbecue or carnivore banquet. Your traditions are so wonderfully different. Thanks for sharing.
Christmas also falls on the 25th for us, Sinterklaas and 'de Kerstman' (Christmas-man) are two different giftbringers for us. Or Well, the entire mysticism and stories that surround Sinterklaas are not there with de Kerstman. With christmas we know the gifts come from our parents and family. But children really believe in Sinterklaas and all adults and the media also really act like he's real. It's oftentimes a really gutting and emotional experience for children to learn sinterklaas doesn't exist. Or at least it was for 10 year old me 😅
@@MijnWolden yes but croissants lose their delicious fluffyness very fast so they don't make as much of an efficient thing to stash and hand out to unsuspecting crafters :(
on 6.12. all the children were like: "Yay, presents, chocolate, sweets, toys, books..." Jente: "Hold my antique spindles that look like magic wands... ehm, no! Better don't touch these holy gifts." 😃
I’ve started learning to spin on a support spindle because of videos like this! I have wanted to learn for nearly a year. I have a drop spindle but it wasn’t “calling” to me. I just purchased a beautiful Russian style support spindle and I am obsessed with it. The wand like look appeals so much to me. Very time I spin I feel like I am at Hogwarts haha. I am hooked now.
@@MijnWolden I just couldn't get very far with a drop spindle, had a lot of problems with drafting the fiber and keeping the spindle spinning. It only took a couple of days to learn how to use a grasped spindle & get a lot more consistent yarn. Love haw there are different spinning tools to fit everyone's style of spinning!
It was interesting to me that you showed a clip of the Ukrainian woman spinning . I have watched that video with fascination a number of times, trying to figure out how she is spinning her wool for blanket weft. Your spinning tools are precious.
Love that you sat on the back of the couch so you couldn’t drop them on the floor,another day will you do a close up of them as the other lady said they were very hard to see properly thankyou
I love this! I haven’t used a spindle, but I feel like I have to break out my neglected spinning wheel now! 😂 I’m actually working on a Ferndell cardigan and found your channel by watching you make yours. I love your fiber journey and how adventurous you are! 💕
Yes a magic wand to make magically infused fibre. Thanks 👍 for sharing with postage cost to NZ out of my reach but love seeing your joy. Your videos ☺️ love them so much take care Katy from NZ ❤️
By the way, the horse of Sinterklaas is now called Ozosnel in the Netherlands. You know, from the song: Hoor de wind waait door de bomen Hier in huis zelfs waait de wind Zou de goede Sint wel komen Nu hij 't weer zo lelijk vindt Nu hij 't weer zo lelijk vindt Ja hij rijdt in donk're nachten Op zijn paardje Ozosnel
Watching your videos while spinning for Tour de Fleece has been wonderful! I love your chaotic brain and wool shenanigans! I also got to see you come down the stairs! The fully functional stairs. They're beautiful! Lastly... Did you happen to get your marvelous spindles on Etsy? I recently got two medieval French spindles on Etsy. They are so interesting. I wish they could tell me their history!! And like you, I had to use them to see how well they spin. And now I'm lovingly buffing them, and will put boiled linseed oil on them to help preserve the wood for another couple hundred years. 😊💚🧶
@@MijnWolden thank you…yes it’s just a bit daunting for me, even though im a millennial I don’t learn so well on the internet. Im currently trying to learn to knit and the internet confuses me, and distracts me, more than it helps. Ive done better with a library book. But one has to start somewhere i guess and slowly connect with others to meet physically. I believe this knowledge is so vital and a need for our future, you are an inspiration 🤩
Have you tried reaching out online to communities? There are very big international facebook groups about spinning. Maybe you could be surprised and find someone from your neighbourhood. I even Found a facebookgroup dedicated to the Province I live in (and Belgium itself is already tiny, so to find one for a province sounds like a needle in a haystack)
Oh, these spindles are sooo pretty! Thank you for showing! I don't know what kind of spindles these 'indian' ones are but they look like scottish dealgans...but like not cut in the middle :D Maybe they are replicas of viking spindle sticks...
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️ But then again, why wouldn't you be OK when you have "New Toys" to play with!!(Spindles). St. Nicholas obviously thought you'd been good, so he left you a couple of extra to play with. 🎅 They all look amazing and beautiful. Love your homemade Distaff. Your yarn looks amazing too. St. Nicholas doesn't visit UK till 25th, so I have time to see if I can find a Twiddle Spindle, coz you've got me intrigued. Happy Vlogmas and Merry Spinning 🎄🎡🐑 Take care and stay safe Fibre Friend 🐑🥰 Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx❤️❤️🫂🫂🎑🎆🎄
Hi Jen! Yes I do feel OK with all my fiber tools with me 😁 Sinterklaas/Saint Nicolas is also such a cosy holiday with a lot of candy and just People being happy! I hope you're doing fine as well! Have a great rest of your week 😊
For sure magic wands. You turn sheep into garments. If that's not magic I don't know. I have no idea about your spindels. Hear the word suspended spindles for the first time. I would have assumed they are supported. But I want to tell you something about Indian spindels. India, is gigantic so Thaklis are just one form of traditional spindles. Here. I just learn spinning on the Himalayan phangs. I will send you a, picture on Instagram. Have a lovely day
Your video is both fascinating (antique spindles!!!) and frustrating (extremely poor lighting). It was impossible to see the colors on the painted spindles or even the details on the others. 😥
Thank you for letting me know. My husband and his band were hogging my normal studio, I mostly don't film in my living room like that, but I had a deadline to meet 😅 but I know now I will just hunt them out of the studio instead!
Highly edited 20 minutes at that as well, multiple hours at least! 😎 But actually the theory is that she probably pricked her finger on the flax she was spinning, because there literally is nothing sharp on a spinningwheel or spindle... 🤭
@@SirSealandLister: They sound a bit like paper cuts, only worse. Sudden thought: Yay for the paperless office, it's been yonks since I last had a paper cut. They're one of those things I don't miss.
"I don't have a distaff, but I have a stick!" Yes!!! 🙌🙌🙌❤
You got to work with what you have 😅
I usually watch your videos for the spinning magic but often find myself down a different rabbit hole as I listen to you ‘yarn’.
Last week I got buried in the ethical dilemmas of wool prices. Today I’m deep in the rabbit hole of festive dates and traditions.
Each region of the world is so different. For me, Christmas and Santa and gift giving always happens on 25 December. It’s usually hotter than hell and families tend to fall into 2 camps; beach barbecue or carnivore banquet. Your traditions are so wonderfully different. Thanks for sharing.
Christmas also falls on the 25th for us, Sinterklaas and 'de Kerstman' (Christmas-man) are two different giftbringers for us. Or Well, the entire mysticism and stories that surround Sinterklaas are not there with de Kerstman. With christmas we know the gifts come from our parents and family. But children really believe in Sinterklaas and all adults and the media also really act like he's real. It's oftentimes a really gutting and emotional experience for children to learn sinterklaas doesn't exist. Or at least it was for 10 year old me 😅
Welcome to the french dark arts >:) we have cookies.
Those are all so beautiful, I hope someone can help with identifying them!
I thought you had croissants and baguettes 😂 (which work equally as well for convincing me to join the French dark arts)
@@MijnWolden yes but croissants lose their delicious fluffyness very fast so they don't make as much of an efficient thing to stash and hand out to unsuspecting crafters :(
And baguettes get soft After a while... Smart 🤔
on 6.12. all the children were like: "Yay, presents, chocolate, sweets, toys, books..."
Jente: "Hold my antique spindles that look like magic wands... ehm, no! Better don't touch these holy gifts." 😃
Saint Nicolas knows what to gift to which children 😅
“I am quite attached to my ability to flip off the patriarchy”
I am SO stealing that!
It's there for the stealing 😁
Lois Swales channel has some historic spindles you might find interesting
Ooh, thanks for the tip!
I’ve started learning to spin on a support spindle because of videos like this! I have wanted to learn for nearly a year. I have a drop spindle but it wasn’t “calling” to me. I just purchased a beautiful Russian style support spindle and I am obsessed with it. The wand like look appeals so much to me. Very time I spin I feel like I am at Hogwarts haha. I am hooked now.
Have fun! The ones shown here are no support spindles, but on my 100 days spindle spinning vlogs I do spin supported a lot!
I love using a grasped spindle, usually a French pillar spindle. I find then much easier than a drop spindle.
I think that I find them more practical than drop spindles, but maybe not easier 🤔
@@MijnWolden I just couldn't get very far with a drop spindle, had a lot of problems with drafting the fiber and keeping the spindle spinning. It only took a couple of days to learn how to use a grasped spindle & get a lot more consistent yarn. Love haw there are different spinning tools to fit everyone's style of spinning!
There are so many options indeed! I've spun some floof on a walk by just twisting a twig in my hands 😁
It was interesting to me that you showed a clip of the Ukrainian woman spinning . I have watched that video with fascination a number of times, trying to figure out how she is spinning her wool for blanket weft. Your spinning tools are precious.
Yeah me too, that video has attached itself firmly in my memory. That is such a fascinating movement she's making. So fluid.
Love that you sat on the back of the couch so you couldn’t drop them on the floor,another day will you do a close up of them as the other lady said they were very hard to see properly thankyou
I love this! I haven’t used a spindle, but I feel like I have to break out my neglected spinning wheel now! 😂 I’m actually working on a Ferndell cardigan and found your channel by watching you make yours. I love your fiber journey and how adventurous you are! 💕
Oooh I hope you enjoy your Ferndell cardigan as much as I enjoyed mine (both of them)! And yes, don't neglect your spinningwheel 😊
Your heart pounding sounds a lot like one of the best unknown bands in existence!
What a coincidence!
OMG! They like Harry Potter wands! How amazing, which one has the unicorn hair?
Should get An appointment with ollivander to find out... 🤔
Yes a magic wand to make magically infused fibre. Thanks 👍 for sharing with postage cost to NZ out of my reach but love seeing your joy. Your videos ☺️ love them so much take care Katy from NZ ❤️
Thank you 🥰
Did someone say medieval? 🔥
👀
De intro van de oude ‘dag sinterklaas’ afleveringen 😂
Goed gezien 😁
By the way, the horse of Sinterklaas is now called Ozosnel in the Netherlands. You know, from the song:
Hoor de wind waait door de bomen
Hier in huis zelfs waait de wind
Zou de goede Sint wel komen
Nu hij 't weer zo lelijk vindt
Nu hij 't weer zo lelijk vindt
Ja hij rijdt in donk're nachten
Op zijn paardje Ozosnel
Is it now? When my younger sister was younger it was called Amerigo on Dutch tv. Ozosnel is better, more in line with our Slechtweervandaag 😅
@@MijnWolden I think it was introduced a few years ago on the Sinterklaasjournaal. I don't remember the story behind it, but I like the new name too.
RIP Amerigo, the previous Dutch horse :c
But who says he's dead though? Maybe he's enjoying retirement in Benidorm? 🤔 A Benidorm bastard horse
Beautiful spindles, I agree they are magic wands.
One minute you have a batch of floof and then ✨✨✨magic✨✨✨ happens and you have yarn 😁 I love it!
I thought they looked like magic wands too. They're all beautiful!!
Is that a green hippo lamp??? figure??
Yes green hippo lamp! My husband Found it at the thrift store 😁
Nice
Thank you ☺️
Watching your videos while spinning for Tour de Fleece has been wonderful! I love your chaotic brain and wool shenanigans!
I also got to see you come down the stairs! The fully functional stairs. They're beautiful!
Lastly... Did you happen to get your marvelous spindles on Etsy? I recently got two medieval French spindles on Etsy. They are so interesting. I wish they could tell me their history!! And like you, I had to use them to see how well they spin. And now I'm lovingly buffing them, and will put boiled linseed oil on them to help preserve the wood for another couple hundred years. 😊💚🧶
These I got on 2dehands, which is the main second hand online marketplace in Belgium
I literally want to go visit you and do an internship in everything you do 😭 one day ill find someone where i live in South Africa that can teach me.
Jillianeve does online classes, maybe that's something you can look into? I learned from just watching a metric ton of TH-cam videos 😁
@@MijnWolden thank you…yes it’s just a bit daunting for me, even though im a millennial I don’t learn so well on the internet. Im currently trying to learn to knit and the internet confuses me, and distracts me, more than it helps. Ive done better with a library book.
But one has to start somewhere i guess and slowly connect with others to meet physically. I believe this knowledge is so vital and a need for our future, you are an inspiration 🤩
Have you tried reaching out online to communities? There are very big international facebook groups about spinning. Maybe you could be surprised and find someone from your neighbourhood. I even Found a facebookgroup dedicated to the Province I live in (and Belgium itself is already tiny, so to find one for a province sounds like a needle in a haystack)
I've found that antique (or antique-style...) spindles do pretty well spun supported. The twiddling motion seems very hard to me!
Might try that in the Future!
Actually, with practice, twiddling turns into semi suspended and is quick and easy.
@@cherylfeather9408 I was surprised how quick it was without practice! So I can imagine it being very quick once you really get the hang of it
Oh, these spindles are sooo pretty!
Thank you for showing! I don't know what kind of spindles these 'indian' ones are but they look like scottish dealgans...but like not cut in the middle :D
Maybe they are replicas of viking spindle sticks...
They're a bit thick for viking spindles I think, but nonetheless they look absolutely stunning 😁
🤩🤩🤩
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️
But then again, why wouldn't you be OK when you have "New Toys" to play with!!(Spindles).
St. Nicholas obviously thought you'd been good, so he left you a couple of extra to play with. 🎅
They all look amazing and beautiful. Love your homemade Distaff.
Your yarn looks amazing too.
St. Nicholas doesn't visit UK till 25th, so I have time to see if I can find a Twiddle Spindle, coz you've got me intrigued.
Happy Vlogmas and Merry Spinning 🎄🎡🐑
Take care and stay safe Fibre Friend 🐑🥰
Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx❤️❤️🫂🫂🎑🎆🎄
Hi Jen! Yes I do feel OK with all my fiber tools with me 😁 Sinterklaas/Saint Nicolas is also such a cosy holiday with a lot of candy and just People being happy! I hope you're doing fine as well! Have a great rest of your week 😊
I approve of anyone who thinks giving patriarchy the finger is a good idea.
And yes, those antique spindles do look like magic wands.
Thank you 😁
For sure magic wands. You turn sheep into garments. If that's not magic I don't know. I have no idea about your spindels. Hear the word suspended spindles for the first time. I would have assumed they are supported. But I want to tell you something about Indian spindels. India, is gigantic so Thaklis are just one form of traditional spindles. Here. I just learn spinning on the Himalayan phangs. I will send you a, picture on Instagram. Have a lovely day
Thank you for showing me! The world of spinning is so interesting...
Your video is both fascinating (antique spindles!!!) and frustrating (extremely poor lighting). It was impossible to see the colors on the painted spindles or even the details on the others. 😥
Thank you for letting me know. My husband and his band were hogging my normal studio, I mostly don't film in my living room like that, but I had a deadline to meet 😅 but I know now I will just hunt them out of the studio instead!
You know, Aurora is honestly pretty weak for pricking her finger on these. You’re playing with these for almost twenty minutes and you’re fine!
Highly edited 20 minutes at that as well, multiple hours at least! 😎 But actually the theory is that she probably pricked her finger on the flax she was spinning, because there literally is nothing sharp on a spinningwheel or spindle... 🤭
@@MijnWolden Oh wow, I had no idea! Thank you so much. Though I should have known, flax injuries are no joke!
@@SirSealandLister: They sound a bit like paper cuts, only worse.
Sudden thought: Yay for the paperless office, it's been yonks since I last had a paper cut. They're one of those things I don't miss.