Welcome to Gabe Jaramillo's website "Cascabeles Handspindles" Enjoy our handspindles and other tools to which we have given a taste of the American Southwest. A native New Mexican I leared to appreciate and love the artwork of the New Mexico Pueblo Indian (Zuni, Santo Domingo, Acoma, Paguate, Isleta and the Laguna). In creating Cascabeles handspindles and other wooden tools for spinning of yarn, I have attempted to give them a taste of the beauty of Pueblo Indian art.

Gabe in his workshop in North Salt Lake, Utah

Cascabel is a Spanish word for the rattler found on the Sidewinder and the Diamondback rattlesnake that are native to the American Southwest. Cascabeles' handspindles are crafted from a combination of fine woods found in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado and the exotic woods found in Asia, South and Central America, Mexico,Australia and Africa. Our intent in combining these woods is to produce the most beautiful handspinning tools in the market. The finishing products used to give our handspindles and other spinning tools a perfect and long lasting finish are made by John Myland Inc. of London, England.

Should you want an inlay on your spindle this can be discussed at the time of your order.

Pictured here are 3 Zuni Dancers which are made from spalted wormy maple with African padauk wood. They, along with our other spindles can be seen on our website. Our website also features spindles and nosties made from an array of beautiful woods, i.e., ash, oak, cherry, cocobola, padauk, ebony, cedar, bocote, gum, mahogany, birds-eye-maple, blackwood, satinwood, rosewoods and wenge. Inlays of turquoise, coral, onyx, heishi, abalone, bone beads, mother-of-pearl, copper, brass, and black inlay can be added to any spindle at an additional cost of between $8.00 to $18.00.

Cascabeles handspindles are made to be used as a top or bottom whorl. Two grooves are are notched into the whorl for those spindlers who prefer to lock their yarn into the whorl to prevent the yarn from slipping as the whorl spins. Each Cascabel handspindle and nostie has a rattlesnake logo etched into the shaft and a set of rattlers is notched into the shaft's of all handspindles. One notch at the tail end of the shaft is deep enough so that the spindler can use the spindle as a bottom whorl spinner.

Pictured to the left is the tail end of the shaft of a handspindle showing the notched end for your half hitch loop for use of your handspindle as a bottom whorler.

One of my goals in creating handspindles is to provide you with a handspindle that is not only beautiful to see and to hold and to use for your spinning needs but also a unique handspindle that is not a clone or a duplicate of someone elses handspindle. I hope to give you a tool that you will cherish and possess for years to come. Because there are so many different looks to each Cascabel handspindle and because we do not have sufficient space to show them all on our web pages I will be happy to download photo's of other Cascabel handspindles that I have readily on hand. You may either call me or email me specifying what look you are looking for and I will try to fit your needs.

I am open to any creative suggestions you may have regarding our products and our new website. If there is a particular look, weight or size of spindle or nostie that you want I will be happy to consider and to fulfill your request. For example, if you have a piece of wood that may have sentimental value to you from which you want a handspindle or nostie made, please let me know.

Cascabeles website will feature tips for the handspindler. These tips will be tips that you may wish to submit for publication, so I welcome your tips and the sharing of information regarding tips and any upcoming spinner events. Both may be submitted free of charge to this website.

A circle of Cascabeles Nosties

Canyonlands National Park, Utah