Article Info

Article Title
Top or Bottom? The eternal question
Author
Mary Toon
Issue date
Spring 2026
Issue number
52
Issue topic
Experimental
Description
This article looks at the difference between a top-whorl spindle and a bottom-whorl spindle and shares the results between the two using the following criteria: stability, grip, winding on, winding off, slippage, body mechanics, aesthetics, and portability.
Article topic list
experimenting, Merino, sparkle, bamboo, spindles, top whorl, bottom whorl, suspended spindles, whorl