Yes. There must have been thousands of postcards printed in the 40's and 50's of a Chimayo weaver at his loom. In some of the postcards you can see his skeinholder and spoolwinder. As it happens, there's one of these on ebay right now so you can check out the picture if you want to. Here's a link . http://cgi.ebay.com/CHIMAYO-WEAVER-AT-HIS-LOOM-CHIMAYO-NM_W0QQitemZ350092113692QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item350092113692&_trkparms=72%3A552|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 <http://cgi.ebay.com/CHIMAYO-WEAVER-AT-HIS-LOOM-CHIMAYO-NM_W0QQitemZ350092113692QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item350092113692&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14>
I think that that is pretty much what Rachel Brown drew her Rio Grande wheel from, but I suspect that they were used a lot more for winding spools for weaving than for actually spinning on, since people more typically use a "malacate", a spindle that you use in a bowl on your lap, to spin with. In any case, the spoolwinder in the postcards, as well as the loom and the skeinholder now belong to us, and I use that very bicycle wheel spoolwinder all the time. The wheel is actually a wooden rim bicycle wheel, which we've been given dates for, they weren't made for very long. In any case the little machine works very well. Of course I wouldn't ever spin on it, so I couldn't tell you about how that would go.... Lisa Trujillo D Taylor wrote: > > Necessity is a 'mother' (:D). In 'poor' areas people use what they > have to make what they need and are very creative in the process. > Bicycles are still an important form of transportation in some places > and it is a ready made (balanced) wheel. I've seen bike wheels used > to make spinning wheels Stateside also. I think that the first > prototype for the Rio Grande wheel was a bicycle wheel. > > Peace. D. Taylor, DVM > > Hey - how cool is this? - Now you can book travel on my website(s): > > www.ytbtravel.com/dtdvm > > or get Business Info at > > www.ytb.com/dtdvm > > CA#: 205 7620-40. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.10/1638 - Release Date: 8/27/2008 > 7:06 PM > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
