Historical Whorls and Spindle Sticks

Ancient whorls are frequently found. 1000s of them in archaeological digs.  But few are found on their wooden spindle sticks. Oseberg spindle and whorl recreation, advantages of the removable whorl. My Etsy store has some of the spindles seen in these videos: http://missingspindle.etsy.com
Check out glass spindle whorls at Laurie Ament's store http://glassbead.etsy.com.
Video creation thanks to http://www.tammyswales.com

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