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Shipping to Netherlands possible due to de minimis threshold there!

Due to the new EU regulations on packaging waste, all other shipping into EU countries will still remain paused. Regulations were starting on August 12, 2026. The new regulations is valid for all vendors selling within the EU. There was a discussion in the EU committee on a threshold for small volumes or a memorandum on part of the rules, but unfortunately, it came to nothing.

If you are inconvenienced by this situation, my suggestion would be to write a short, polite, personal note about how you feel directly to the EU commissioner in charge of the department in question. Her name is Jessika Roswall, and you can find a contact email address on her webpage. If there is enough feedback from the public, maybe things will still change. If you would like to know more (including more ways to protest), you can find a blogpost I wrote here.

Shipping is currently only available for Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada and other non-EU countries with the exception of the US and Great Britain.

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Medieval spinning technique always used a distaff - it was quite different to the typical modern way of hand-spinning. The distaff in this technique serves as the third hand, holiding the fibres in place and providing enough resistance to draft from them. The medieval technique for spinning like this can be reconstructed from images and ethnographical parallels. It is not only looking very smooth and elegant, it is also a very efficient technique!

Get started to spin in the medieval manner with this set containing distaff, fibres, a spindle stick with whorl, and instructions on how to dress your distaff with wool. The wool in the package is 100 g Eider wool, very well suited for beginners in this technique. If you would like to start at once, you can also get your distaff delivered already fully dressed.

The set contains a spindle sticks from beech wood, the spindle whorls have a weight of about 18-24 grams. If you would prefer a different weight, just state that in the comments. The distaffs are approximately one metre in length. The wooden parts are round dowels (beech, fir, birch, oak, ash, linden or walnut). If you would prefer natural wood (willow or hazel), which are usually not as straight, or have a preference for a specific kind of wood in the dowels, please let me know in the comments when ordering.

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I am very sorry, but due to the Brexit regulations, I am not able to sell or ship to the UK anymore.

Unfortunately shipping to the US is currently also not possible!

Because of the new tariff regulations active now, DHL is currently not offering any affordable shipments to the US and the US tax zone of Puerto Rico. I am sorry and hope that this issue will be resolved soon; until then, ordering to an address in the USA is unfortunately not possible.

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