OK confessions of a wheel collector.... I don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't play the ponies so this is my treat. I have 14 wheels at the moment (and we just sheared so between the wheels and 120 pounds of fleece in the living room - there is NO room left in the house for people). I teach spinning so a bunch of the wheels are for that purpose. The rest are there because it is easier to change wheels than bobbins! Try it, you'll like it! Seriously, it is a luxury but it is nice to have several projects going at once on different wheels. I have learned that it is important to label everything though or else you lose track of which white fleece that yarn really came from...
For my own use, I have a double drive Baynes for taking places like spin ins and Colonial reenactments. I use that one mostly for a variety of yarns and small projects because it has a built in lazy Kate and is really easy to move around and not fussy about climate and how level the floor is. I use my upright Reeves for bigger projects - when I am doing a bunch of yarn that must be uniform. Spins beautifully but it is a heavy wheel and I don't like to haul it to classes or across parking lots and it wants a level floor so it mostly moves around the house and onto the patio and porch. Then there are my darling wheels - a cherry DD saxony by Wilson with a weighted wheel - it just flys when it gets going! And the apple of my eye is a tiger maple Reeves DD Saxony from his own collection. He made 3 of them and it is the most beautiful wheel I ever saw. The first time I saw it it was under the Md sheep and wool auction tent. I was transfixed by its beauty and then the wind blew and the wheel went around all by itself from the breeze. It was saying to me "take me home" ...I fell for it. And still love it. It weighs a ton and basically stays in one place. I also have a smallish great wheel which really is fun to spin on. I have never made anything substantial on it, mostly just play with it - but I plan on spinning some nice hard and fine sock yarn on it. Julie ________________________________ This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
