Update: This post has given rise to some interesting comments and conversations. If you have anything to add, please do.
Thank you, Kathy, for the subtitle.
Apparently I was wrong that our spindler can speak for herself. Herewith the backstory authored by Sara:
See that yarn on her hat? That's the yarn she got mad at, ripped off the spindle and tossed.
She doesn't know it's there, making her look ridiculous.
No one is going to tell her she looks ridiculous.
The street kids are laughing at her though, and that makes her mad.Damn mad, as they say.
This is one of my favorite spindlers.
I think she can speak for herself.
I beg to differ with all previous posters. See the roundness to her cheeks, and the gentle set to her mouth? I like her face. :-) If you cover her eyes she has a pleasant face. The furrowed brow speaks of concentration, and of a lifetime of working in the sun.
As far as the yarn on the hat, Sara got that right except she didn't cast it off in anger. She simply didn't pay attention to her quick toss.
Love the picture!
Posted by: Fiberjoy | March 03, 2007 at 11:09 AM
mmmmmmmmmmmmm. I have been known to appear with this look upon my mug. "Up yours" comes to mind.
Posted by: Terry | January 22, 2007 at 04:26 PM
Sorry....correct spelling is Portuguese.
Here is the Portuguese word for spindle:
n. - fuso (m)
Posted by: Cindy D | January 22, 2007 at 02:33 PM
I must have this picture!!!
I am a Portugese spindler....half that is...:)
Posted by: Cindy D | January 22, 2007 at 02:27 PM
Where do you get these???!
Posted by: Martha | January 22, 2007 at 11:21 AM
She does look like she's making some kind of incantation, so stern and concerntated is her glare. I wonder if the village kids got their due?
Posted by: julia fc | January 20, 2007 at 11:16 AM
LOL, I love Carole's comments to the picture.
Posted by: Kris | January 20, 2007 at 07:58 AM
She is one bad mofo spindler!
Posted by: Kathy | January 20, 2007 at 01:29 AM
She is a pretty formidable looking lady. Yeah, she looks like she could take care of herself....
Ang
Posted by: angelarae | January 19, 2007 at 10:23 PM
"You say one more word about how long it's taking me to make you a sweater, and you will have this wooly in your winder."
And thus a marketing concept was born.
Posted by: Laurie | January 19, 2007 at 07:53 PM
Oh, Carole. You hit the nail on the head! What's that on her hat? Some badly spun yarn?
Posted by: Manise | January 19, 2007 at 06:51 PM
I think we'll just be happy we don't know what she would say.
Posted by: Sara | January 19, 2007 at 02:03 PM
hahaha
Posted by: maryse | January 19, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Yowza! Must have been a rough life.
Posted by: LaurieM | January 19, 2007 at 12:14 PM
And the caption should read "Don't fuck with me. I have a spindle and I know how to use it."
Posted by: Carole | January 19, 2007 at 11:01 AM