Featherweight Spindles
Narrow height, 2″ diameter whorl on a 9″ shaft.
(Shaft trimmed to 7 1/2″ length on request.)
Weight range: 10-22 g/.35-.77 oz, depending on the wood.
Just the thing for luxury fibers like silk, silk blends, cotton and fine wools!
All our spindles are hand crafted in small batches by Jonathan and our inventory sometimes changes daily.
If you want a spindle right away, we suggest ordering a Standard Featherweight with a Birch shaft or one of our “Ready to Ship” combinations.
Special combinations of standard whorl wood and hardwood shaft, if available, may take up to 4 weeks for production and delivery.
Visit the Bosworth Spindle Group at Flickr to see examples of many of our available Standard Featherweights. Colors may vary by monitor; different boards have varying color intensities and grains.
Ready-to-Ship!
Standard Wood
Birch Shaft
Standard Wood
Hardwood Shaft
Premium Wood
Hardwood Shaft
Special Order
May take up to 4 weeks for delivery
Special Combination
Standard Wood
Hardwood Shaft
Standard Wood Whorl w/Birch Shaft
Currently Available
These Standard Featherweight™ spindles are finished with 9″ Birch shafts, ready to test and send. All have superb spin – if necessary, they are pin-balanced.
A number in () means there is more than one spindle at that weight available.
This list updated 8 October 2021.
Finished Spindle Weight Shown in grams
Weight guide: 10 g = .35 oz; 12 g = .42 oz, 14 g = .5 oz, 17 g = .6 oz
These spindles are $55 unless otherwise noted.
Sorted by Wood
Bamboo 17
Birds Eye Maple 16
Bocote 19, 21 or 22
Bubinga 19, 20 (2) or 21)
Butternut 18
Canarywood 15, 16 (2) or 17 (3)
Cherry SOLD OUT
Lacewood 19 (2)
Maple 18 (2) or 19
Pau Amarillo 18
Purpleheart 19, 21 (2) or 23
Red Cedar SOLD OUT
Redheart SOLD OUT
Walnut 15 (2) or 17 (2)
Zebrawood 16 or 18
Sorted by weight:
12 g none available
13 g none available
14 g none available
15 g Canarywood, Walnut
16 g Birds Eye Maple, Canarywood, Zebrawood
17 g Bamboo, Canarywood, Maple, Walnut
18 g Butternut, Maple, Pau Amarillo, Zebrawood
19 g Bocote, Bubinga, Lacewood, Maple, Purpleheart
20 g Bubinga
21 g Bocote, Bubinga, Purpleheart
22 g Bocote
23 g Purpleheart
Please Note: All Spindle orders are Pre-orders. We will contact you to confirm availability and shipping charges. You will not be charged for your order until it ships, but you need to enter your payment information when you place the pre-order.
Enter the weight and wood you would like for the whorl in the fields below and click the button to add the item to your cart.
Standard Wood Whorl w/Hardwood Shaft
Currently Available - Ready to Ship!
These Standard Featherweight™ spindles are finished with 9″ Hardwood shafts, ready to test and send. All have superb spin – if necessary, they are pin-balanced.
All listings read: Whorl wood Finished weight (in grams) Shaft wood
Ex: Curly Soft Maple: 20 Walnut
In some instances, there is more than one shaft choice available.
Ex: Tiger Maple: 14 Walnut; 17 Morado
A number in () means there is more than one spindle at that weight available.
This list updated 8 October 2021.
Finished Spindle Weight Shown in grams
Weight guide: 10 g = .35 oz; 12 g = .42 oz, 14 g = .5 oz, 17 g = .6 oz
These spindles are $75 unless otherwise noted.
Bamboo 17 Cherry
Birds Eye Maple 17 Walnut
Bocote 17, 20 or 21 Walnut
Canarywood 17 Osage Orange or Walnut
Cherry 13 (2) or 15 Cherry
Colonial Concord (18th c Pine Beam) SOLD OUT
Heart Pine (18th-c Virginia cabin, distressed) SOLD OUT
Mahogany 14 Bocote
Red Cedar 13 Cherry
Redheart 15, 16 (2) or 17 (2) Cherry; 17, 18 or 19 Tulipwood;
20 Bubinga
Summer Kitchen (Chestnut Oak) 14 Walnut
Walnut 17 Bocote
Zebrawood SOLD OUT
Ziricote 17 Walnut
Please Note: All Spindle orders are Pre-orders. We will contact you to confirm availability and shipping charges. You will not be charged for your order until it ships, but you need to enter your payment information when you place the pre-order.
Enter the weight and wood you would like for the whorl and shaft in the fields below and click the button to add the item to your cart.
Premium Wood Whorl w/Hardwood Shaft
Currently Available - Ready to Ship!
These Premium Featherweight™ spindles are finished with 9″ Hardwood shafts, ready to test and send. All have superb spin – if necessary, they are pin-balanced.
All listings read: Whorl wood Finished weight (in grams) Shaft wood.
Ex: Curly Soft Maple: 20 Walnut
In some instances, there is more than one shaft choice available.
Ex: Tiger Maple: 14 Walnut; 17 Morado
A number in () means there is more than one spindle at that weight available.
This list updated 11 October 2021.
Finished Spindle Weight Shown in grams
Weight guide: 10 g = .35 oz; 12 g = .42 oz, 14 g = .5 oz, 17 g = .6 oz
These spindles are $90 unless otherwise noted.
Ailanthus 16 Blue Mahoe
Amboyna Burl SOLD OUT | $95
Ambrosia Maple 14, 15 or 16 Walnut
Argentine Lignum vitae 24 or 27 Walnut
Black & White Ebony 22 (4) Walnut
Black Palm SOLD OUT
Bog Oak available at Rhinebeck | $105
Buckeye Burl lightly marked 11 (2) Walnut | $95
California Redwood 11 (2) or 12 Cherry
Ceylon Satinwood 21 Rosewood
Clearwater 16 or 18 (3) Walnut | $105
Cochin Rosewood 21 Redheart; 22 Cochin Rosewood;
23 Chechen
Cocobolo 22 Cochin Rosewood
Dogwood 19 Walnut; 21 Kingwood
Dyer Oak Burl 18 or 19 Walnut
Fiddleback Koa 18 Bubinga or Chechen; 20 Bubinga
Holly SOLD OUT
Juniper SOLD OUT
Karelian Birch 15, 16 (2), 17 or 18 Walnut
Kingwood SOLD OUT
Maple Burl 17 Walnut | $95
Navy Surplus (Live Oak from Boston’s 19th-c shipyard soaking
ponds) 22 or 25 Chechen; 23 Walnut; 25 (2) Bocote | $100
Olivewood 22 Walnut
Oregon Myrtle 15 Bocote, 16 Walnut
Pink Ivory 20 Redheart, 25 Tulipwood
Sumac SOLD OUT
Swiss Pear 14 Walnut
Temple Teak 16 or 17 Teak
Thuya Burl SOLD OUT
Tulipwood 22 or 23 Redheart; 24 (2) Tulipwood
Please Note: All Spindle orders are Pre-orders. We will contact you to confirm availability and shipping charges. You will not be charged for your order until it ships, but you need to enter your payment information when you place the pre-order.
Enter the weight and wood you would like for the whorl and shaft in the fields below and click the button to add the item to your cart.
Special Order Whorl and Shaft Wood Combination
How to Request a Special Combination
NOTE: Jonathan turns every spindle personally, and special orders have to be fit into the regular production schedule. Therefore, it can take up to 2 weeks for a special combination to be turned and finished before it can be shipped.
Enter the weight and wood you would like for the whorl and shaft in the fields below and click the button to add the item to your cart.
