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| Julia |
Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 6:47:36 PM
So, next week I turn 50 and was considering buying myself a spinning wheel. I learned on one a friend made. It wasn't the best, but it worked. My question is...What brand do you like, and what are good sites that sell them. I live in W. WA, so if any of you know of shops in the Olympia/Tacoma area that sell wheels...
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| Julia |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 10:51:39 AM
Sarita, I do have a drop spindle. It was my first entry into the spinning world. I do like using it a lot. I saw it being used at a state fair and bought one.
Thanks Karen, I will check out the website.
Patty, thanks for the info. A pre-loved wheel would be just a good as a new, and would fit the budget better too.
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| Littleredd |
Posted - Dec 17 2010 : 10:38:42 AM
I have an Ashford Traveller and love it very much. It's a single drive with scotch tension and works well with everything I've spun: shetland, Warhill, alpaca etc. they are pricy new but if you get on www.ravelry.com and look into their marketplace groups like "spinners marketplace" people will sell you their wheels they no longer want and you can sometimes get a great deal.
Patty |
| KarenP |
Posted - Dec 15 2010 : 6:03:38 PM
Julia,
I have 2 wheels at the moment, one is a Babe Fiberstarter and the other is Ashford Traditional (both used).
The Babe is nice good entry wheel and I have talked to some production spinners that use their Babes all the time.
http://www.babesfibergarden.com/
The Ashford I just got a about a month ago and still testing to see which one I'll keep.
Karen
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Dec 14 2010 : 10:37:36 AM
Julia, have you ever used a drop spindle?
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
“God whispers to us in our pleasures,
speaks to us in our conscience,
but shouts in our pains;
it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
C. S. Lewis
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| Julia |
Posted - Dec 13 2010 : 7:34:06 PM
Thanks. Still considering, they are a bit spendier than when I priced them a few years ago. We'll see what happens.
I wear my cape around my waist.
#440
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http://www.turnerhilltea.blogspot.com/ |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Dec 11 2010 : 11:49:48 AM
Jennifer, I had 4 wheels and it is funny, I love my louet S10 better than any of them. I think it is what you learn on and become acustom to. I hope you can find the wheel just for you...Happy Spinning.
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"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enought to be given a square deal afterwards." Theodore Roosevelt
"A happy heart makes the face cheerful..." Proverbs 15:13
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Dec 11 2010 : 03:40:45 AM
I suggest putting the Louet on Craigslist and taking the proceeds and putting it towards an Ashford. Or would that be offensive to the friend who gave it to you? it is such a shame to have you now spinning . . .
Marianne |
| Read2me |
Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 10:32:56 AM
I learned on an Ashford and loved it. A friend gave me a Louet she no longer wanted which is supposed to be good, but I just can't get used to it and have set spinning aside. Anyone have any suggestions? I can't afford to get a new one and I am thakful for the gift. |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Dec 09 2010 : 10:10:07 AM
Elk is about 30 miles northeast of Spokane.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Dec 09 2010 : 09:16:23 AM
I have a Kromski Minstrel from The Woolery, and I just love it. It is an upright (castle) style wheel, so it takes up less space too than the traditional saxony wheel.
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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| Julia |
Posted - Dec 09 2010 : 08:41:48 AM
I have always had my eye on the Ashford Traveller. Seems kind of fun thinking of taking it wherever I want.
Thanks Angie and Sheri for the names of the 2 places. I will check them out.
Jenny, I love your tagline!
Hey Sheri, where's Elk?
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http://www.turnerhilltea.blogspot.com/ |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 10:39:39 PM
I have had my Ashford TRaditional about 20 years now...and I love it. Have fun!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 10:29:29 PM
I love my Ashford - I have 2 of them. You might check out www.ParadiseFibers.net They are in Spokane but they ship nation wide.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Dec 08 2010 : 10:08:41 PM
I just found one today in Tacoma. It's called Lambs Ear. She has the coolest shop chock full of yarn. It's on Pacific Ave. She had a set of carders that I bought, my first set. And there was a beautiful Ashford spinning wheel in the back of the store where she teaches classes. Pretty compact and beautiful wood. Maybe some day, once I learn how the basics. =)
Do what you love, love what you do. |
