#SparkleSaturday ? After all these years of spinning, this is the first time I've spun with firestar. Roving from Wild Wool Farm: Corriedale w/12% firestar. Colorway Marianas Trench. Wheel my sweet old Clemes and Clemes.
@RC of spinning? I could try...
@Arachne Yes.I've seen people spin at the fair, but from what I can see in your picture, this looks like a whole different spinning contraption. :)
@RC same basic principles, just a slightly different arrangement. You're probably used to seeing Saxony (Sleeping Beauty) wheels, vs more upright castle style wheels
http://rovingcrafters.com/2015/05/07/how-to-pick-a-spinning-wheel-that-you-will-love-part-2/#:~:text=A%20Saxony%20wheel%20stands%20on,when%20they%20envision%20handspinning%20yarn.&text=A%20Castle%20wheel%20is%20more,sitting%20below%20the%20flyer%2Fbobbin.
@Arachne Yes that's it. Thanks for the link. It's interesting seeing them in comparison.
@RC Here's the one in the picture - except mine is very old - #508 built in 1975 (they started in 1970). A friend from the Faire had it abandoned at their home and gifted it to me - the flyer was 1/2 broken, and I didn't even know what brand it was for years (there's a label underneath). I saw the Clemes' at a big weaving convention and had them refurbish it. These days their bread-and butter are their drum carders
@Arachne I like the uprights better than the other type. I like the compactness of it. Plus it looks a little steampunkish 😂
I watched a video of a drum carder and that seems like just a different way of prepping wool for spinning or for other kinds of fabric arts.
@RC yes, it is. It's faster and more efficient, esp the motorized ones. More than carders or blending boards, less than a mill. Great for blending
@RC And yes I like the castle style better in terms of ergonomics, unless you are talking an Alden Amos wheel
@Arachne I looked at pictures of the AA wheel. Still like yours better. :)
@RC ah but he was a master.
@Arachne I'd love to see a short video.