#I wanna be a Wool Wizard/Witch dammit

[disgruntled-lifeform]

So, the fiber hanging just makes me feel fancy tbh but it serves the purpose of not having it get condensed in my pocket which makes it more difficult to spin.

Essentially this is harder to spin from

Than this less condensed and teased open floof

So a pouch that could hold the fiber without facilitating the need to pack it in.

The tube seems like an optimal solution if that is your only concern, but there are other factors to consider:

- Can I sit comfortably down while wearing it or will it become obnoxious?

- How long should it be? If too long then the above problem happens, but if too short then it could look a tad silly (gasp!) And we wouldn't want that.

- Yes I could store my spindle inside the tube but that eliminates my urge to display it like the Magically Object it is

- Would my spindle hang from the tube on the outside and could that be managed without it banging around?

If we were to look at the drop spindle itself for a moment, you might see another design hurdle:

While empty, the spindle could easily slot into something like the above linked Wand Holster but once you start to spin and wind your yarn onto the spindle for storage, it develops a conical shape which makes it harder to insert the more wool you wind.

Personally, I would want 2 seperate places to 'park' my spindle; one for my left side of my body and the other for the right side, each affixed near my hips.

This way if I needed to switch to a different method of spinning (park and draft) to sort out a tangle or somesuch nonsense, I could do so why maintaining tension on my wool as needed.

Jumping around again to the idea of the tube for a second because I had a brain blast while typing this up

There are a few different shapes of spindles out there and another popular one is the Emotional Support Spindle which requires the use of a bowl or dish to spin with.

Essentially, think of it like the Beyblade of the spindle world as it adds twist to the wool when you spin it like a top.

This offers the same dilema as the top whirl drop spindle(the yarn makes the spindle conical), as well as providing the need to have bowl/dish to spin with.

What if our carry tube had something like an inset dish under the lid? Currently, this is what I have to carry with me if I'm out and about with my Support Spindle

Personally, I love the idea of the lid of the pouch/tube/fiber carrier having a 'feeder' slot for the fiber to be pulled out from (imagine a kleenex box) but I wouldn't want it to get snagged or such by the act of pulling more out.

Oh, and as if this dilema were in need of more difficulties, allow me to introduce to you the Turkish (or Crossed Arms) Spindle

As these spindles wind on, they make a center pull ball which is very handy but reshapes the spindle to look like this:

I have no solutions to this one but as it functions like the drop spindle more than the support spindle, it would be carried around more often so maybe stored upside down on the belt? Idk

Yearning for a leather pouch belt attachment that would function as a spindle holster and fiber pouch