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So, the spinning wheel arrived a couple of days ago, and I've been playing with her. I named her Desdemona.
She is a Kromski Sonata, made in Poland. I’ve taken a photo of the first bobbin I spun on her, which is some roving I bought at Wool Festival at Taos this year. I can’t remember what breed of sheep and it is unmarked.
Anyway, she had a squeaky left treadle, but my enterprising husband took the treadle off, took the hinges off, greased them with machine oil, and screwed them back on. Squeak is gone! She spins like a dream. I am treadling like a speed demon and need to learn to slow down.
Spinning on a wheel is much faster than spinning on a spindle, at least for me. I own Respect the Spindle, and I understand there are production spindlers in the world who can spin as fast on a spindle as a wheel, but I am not one of them. I think I will continue to use my spindles, especially to spin short staple fibers and to spin really fine, but for making fat yarn, which is the kick I’ve been on recently, the wheel is king. Or queen, in this case. It’s so soothing just letting the fiber run through my fingers.
She is a Kromski Sonata, made in Poland. I’ve taken a photo of the first bobbin I spun on her, which is some roving I bought at Wool Festival at Taos this year. I can’t remember what breed of sheep and it is unmarked.
Anyway, she had a squeaky left treadle, but my enterprising husband took the treadle off, took the hinges off, greased them with machine oil, and screwed them back on. Squeak is gone! She spins like a dream. I am treadling like a speed demon and need to learn to slow down.
Spinning on a wheel is much faster than spinning on a spindle, at least for me. I own Respect the Spindle, and I understand there are production spindlers in the world who can spin as fast on a spindle as a wheel, but I am not one of them. I think I will continue to use my spindles, especially to spin short staple fibers and to spin really fine, but for making fat yarn, which is the kick I’ve been on recently, the wheel is king. Or queen, in this case. It’s so soothing just letting the fiber run through my fingers.
