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Malacate Spindle Kit

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Spin your own cotton yarn with the Malacate Spindle Kit. This kit includes a handcrafted wooden supported spindle (called "malacate" here in Guatemala) and two types of high-quality cotton locally grown here in Guatemala, ixcaco and white. The cotton has been seeded and beat in preparation for spinning. "Ixcaco" is the heritage brown cotton grown in Guatemala, with naturally brown fibers.

Fun fact: The master spinner we work with, Doña Marta, was having a hard time finding malacate spindles for workshops arranged on our visits. Her son swept in to help! As an experienced woodworker, he was able to replicate traditional spindles made of clay and support his mother. We're grateful for this teamwork.

Measurements:

Malacate spindle:

Length: 17 inches Width: 2 inches

Cotton: approximately 0.5 oz of fiber (ixcaco & Natural White)

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Lovely kit

The spindle and cotton are good quality, whilst the company’s response time to questions is very prompt. Shipping was very fast.
There wasn’t an instruction sheet, but I didn’t think it necessary to take off a star for that. At first I thought the cotton needed to be fluffed up more, like a rolag, but found that it spun up easily as it came in the kit. I actually may have made mine more difficult to spin by trying to willow it. I found Norma Schafer’s 2018 and 2024 videos helpful.

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Malacate Spindle Kit

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