<p><font face="'Comic Sans MS',sans-serif"></font></p><p><font face="Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">We continue to ship all of our products to customers from phone orders. Please call 912.238.0514 if we can help with your fiber needs.</span></font></p><p><font face="Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">We do special orders-please call with specific requests.</span></font></p><p><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ff00ff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18px">Nostepindes Instructions:</span></font></p><p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><table dir="ltr" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="1%"><p><b /></p></td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top"><p align="center"><b><font size="5">How To Use The Hardwood Nostepinde: The Unique Center-Pull Ballwinder</font></b></p><p align="center">The nostepinde (plural, nostepinder) hails from the Scandinavian countries. It’s name, very roughly translated, means “a little stick for winding balls of yarn”( noste…ball of yarn; pinde…little stick).  There are many varient spellings, such as nostepinne, n<font face="WP MultinationalA Courier">r</font>stepinde, nystepinne, nostepende. </p><p align="center">  </p><p align="center"><img height="178" src="https://websitebuilder.1and1.com/xml/wfxdirect/httpproxy;jsessionid=0D1413E705065A2DEF9E2BBD01F74439.TC126b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mielkesfarm.com%2Fimages%2Fadams_woodshop%2Fnoste_1.jpg&sign=4cf4b1c242341f2d7b7a1cd8057f20f2" width="101" align="center" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">To use the nostepinde: I secure the end of the yarn to the nostepinde with a couple half hitches, in either the top or bottom groove. Then, in the middle of the shaft, I begin to wrap the yarn around the nostepinde, winding towards myself. <br /></p><p align="center"><img height="188" src="https://websitebuilder.1and1.com/xml/wfxdirect/httpproxy;jsessionid=0D1413E705065A2DEF9E2BBD01F74439.TC126b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mielkesfarm.com%2Fimages%2Fadams_woodshop%2Fnoste_2.jpg&sign=7bdd9ab4c6c4fa16c6dd56f681b774fb" width="121" align="center" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">After several turns, I start to wind the yarn diagonally, turning the nostepinde away from myself as I do so. <br /></p><p align="center"><img height="106" src="https://websitebuilder.1and1.com/xml/wfxdirect/httpproxy;jsessionid=0D1413E705065A2DEF9E2BBD01F74439.TC126b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mielkesfarm.com%2Fimages%2Fadams_woodshop%2Fyarnball.jpg&sign=0620dc76ea18940b03ad3a1df380aa6d" width="56" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">After winding all the yarn, I loosen the half hitches and slip the ball off the nostepinde. <br />  <br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p align="center"><font color="#800080"></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p>