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Homemade 4 Homespun Paperstring (The 1 I Made And Used)
Here are the workings, or making of my spindle I used for making paper string.
The original idea was seen by me when I was surfing the net just after Christmas and I was bored!
But with no shops open 2 go and buy the stuff I had 2 use stuff found around my home.
Hope you like the Cheep and cheerful spindle!

Posted by SuperCool and Really Trendy from Bradford, England, United Kingdom • Published 13th January 2009 • See SuperCool and Really Trendy's 60 projects »

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Bek S. favorited Paperstring Spindel 02 Aug 10:49

Step 1
This is the first piccie of my paper string on the spindle and the instructions on how to make 1 cheaply and quickly. With stuff around your home, well my home anyway....or in my shed or loft....
Step 2
List of stuff needed:-
12" length of dowel (or near as)
Cup hook/brass curtain hook or similar.
Cardboard disc about 3" (well, mine started of bigger but I trimmed it down to this size cos it worked best)
Step 3
I also found out later (a day) that I had a bobbin of stretch magic that fitted the dowel to. You could use a wheel from an old childs toy or whatever.
Best of all you may have a long suffering dad/boyfriend who will make a disc 4 you!You know the type I mean!
If I had had some wood around I would have done 1 myself using my tools.(I have 2 DIY because there's only me and my son who suffers from autism, trouble is he hates shopping 2)
Step 4
Poke a hole in the center of the cardboard with a pencil.
Okay Pokey!
Step 5
Screw the cup/curtain hook in2 the end of the dowel.
Easy peasey!
Step 6
Slide the cardboard disc over the dowel to make it look like a spining top thats gone wrong!
And there you have your spindle.
See the 1 below where I used the stretch magic bobbin.
Step 7
This spindle is made with just stuff I could lay my hands on around the home in no time at all.
I didn't need to go to the shops to buy a thing! If they'd been open! after all it was Christmas Day and every1 had gone home! And I needed to chill out in my own way! De-stress in other words!