Well, I'll cast my vote in with the Ertoel being a very quiet machine. It's
why I lusted after one for myself, that and its pretty finish. If I'm going
to sit or stand at something for hours on end, it may as well be attractive!
I also kind of like being able to either sit or stand to spin. The Ashford
seemed a tad noisier to me, and someone who played on my demo Ertoel said it
was quieter than the SpinTech, but I can't say for sure since I've not spun
on a SpinTech.
I stand corrected on the SpinTech's pedigree. Several someones told me
that, so I believed them. But is the Alden Amos still being made?
Okay, so now the electric spinners aren't fast enough? I learned lace
spinning from Margaret Stove ona 3:1 ratio Louet hatbox wheel! And the only
problem I had with it was that because of its design, it tended to fall
over. I'm not sure if you can directly compare a spindle wheel like the Rio
Grande or even a charkha to a flyer/bobbin wheel. That's a whole 'nother
way of spinning. I've got a spindle wheel too, but I go back to a
flyer/bobbin wheel for my laceweight Shetland, I guess just noodling along
at 1/4-1/2 speed on the electric, or on one of the mid range whorls (maybe
at 12:1) on one of my other wheels, or (horrors) at 4:1 on my mystery
Hebridean style wheel.
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Suzanne at Fire Ant Ranch in Elgin, Texas
Journey, Ertoel Electronic, Majacraft, Fricke
Fibers, Yarns, Goods. www.fireantranch.com
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