{"id":850,"date":"2012-06-17T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2014-07-15T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T18:01:28","slug":"spindles-and-shawl-pins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/notions\/spindles-and-shawl-pins\/","title":{"rendered":"Spindles and shawl pins."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, we were visited by local fiber artist Lorin Fields, the woman behind <a title=\"Local Color Hues.\" href=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/?p=330\">Local Color Hues<\/a>, whose vibrantly hand-dyed merino roving we stock at the shop. She had something special to show us: hand-crafted drop spindles and shawl pins, made in Siler City exclusively from North Carolina hardwoods. Even as non-spinners, Anne and I were wooed by these beautiful pieces, which is why four spindles and four shawl pins have made the Hillsborough Yarn Shop their home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-851 aligncenter\" title=\"DSC00418\" src=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00418.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00418-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A special, handmade drop spindle like this would make an excellent gift for a spinner or spinner-to-be, especially when paired with a soft puff of roving. If, like Anne and I, you&#8217;re more knitter or crocheter than spinner, the shawl pins are worth a look, and will make for a perfect finishing touch on a wrap or shawl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-852 aligncenter\" title=\"DSC00421\" src=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00421.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00421-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00424.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-853 aligncenter\" title=\"DSC00424\" src=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00424.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC00424-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Come by the shop to pick your favorite, and to admire the handiwork of a skilled craftsperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, we were visited by local fiber artist Lorin Fields, the woman behind Local Color Hues, whose vibrantly hand-dyed merino roving we stock at the shop. She had something special to show us: hand-crafted drop spindles and shawl pins, made in Siler City exclusively from North Carolina hardwoods. Even as non-spinners, Anne and <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/notions\/spindles-and-shawl-pins\/\"> &#8230; [more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[132,47,36,19],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}