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 24 July 2022.
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
Bocote 19 or 22
Bubinga 19, 20 (2) or 21
Butternut 15, 17 or 18
Canarywood 15, 16 (2) or 17 (2)
Cherry 14 or 16
Lacewood 19 (2)
Maple 18 (2) or 19
Pau Amarillo 18
Purpleheart 17 (2)
Walnut 15 or 17 (2)
Zebrawood 17 or 18
Sorted by weight:
14 g Cherry
15 g Butternut, Canarywood, Walnut
16 g Butternut, Canarywood, Cherry
17 g Butternut, Canarywood, Purpleheart, Walnut, Zebrawood
18 g Butternut, Maple, Pau Amarillo, Zebrawood
19 g Bocote, Bubinga, Lacewood, Maple
20 g Bubinga
21 g Bubinga
22 g Bocote
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 24 July 2022.
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
Bocote 17, 20 or 21 Walnut
Butternut 16 (2) Walnut
Canarywood 17 Walnut
Cherry 13 (2) Cherry; 15. Cherry or Redheart; 16 Walnut
Macacauba 17 Redheart
Madrone 15 Cherry
Redheart 16 (3) or 17 Cherry; 17, 18 or 19 Tulipwood;
20 Bubinga
Walnut 16 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 9 August 2022.
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 19 Redheart or Cherry; 21 Bubinga; 22 Cochin Rosewood | $95
Ambrosia Maple 14 (2) or 15 Walnut
Bog Oak 18 Bocote | $105
Brazilian Blackheart 26 Walnut
Buckeye Burl light marking 11 (2) Walnut;
medium marking 12 (2) Blue Mahoe | $95
Ceylon Satinwood 17 Kingwood; 21 Cochin Rosewood
Clearwater 16 or 18 Walnut | $105
Cochin Rosewood 21 Redheart; 23 Chechen
Cocobolo 22 Cochin Rosewood
Dogwood 19 or 20 Walnut
Dyer Oak Burl 15 Walnut
Fiddleback Koa 15 (2) Cherry
Karelian Birch 15 or 17 Walnut
Kingwood 23 Bubinga; 25 Kingwood
Maple Burl 12, 13 (2) or 17 Walnut | $95
Navy Surplus (Live Oak from Boston’s 19th-c shipyard
soaking ponds) 25 Bocote or Chechen | $105
Öland Island (Swedish Plane Tree) 15, 16 or 17 Cherry
Olivewood 22 or 23 Walnut; 24 Cochin Rosewood
Oregon Myrtle 15 Bocote; 16 Walnut
Osage Orange 20 Chechen
Paldao 22 Bocote
Pink Ivory 23 Holly or Tulipwood
Port Orford Cedar 12 or 14 (2) Cherry
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.
