#handspining

Ellowen, one of my guild members, : Ev! Come here, she needs help figuring out what she might need to do to get her spinning wheel working. She can't get the wheel to uptake the yarn.

Me to patron: Well, it might be a brake line issue or a drive band issue. What brand of wheel is it?

Patron: 😅 I don't know.... I just recently bought it from Facebook Marketplace

Me: what's the style then? Do you have a picture?

Patron: no, I keep meaning to take one but keep forgetting to....oh, I can probably draw it! (Patron draws picture below)

Me: oh! That's a Louët. So your issue is that they are a Scotch tension wheel which needs to be fed the yarn as you go and .... (more spinning wheel shop talk)

*Later*

Me: ..... I might be a little deranged being able to identify the wheel off of this drawing with a single glance.....

Good luck! Have fun! And most importantly...take care of your hands and feet. Make sure to do your stretches and rest frequently.

A few snapshots from the spinning wheel. A particularly lovely Navajo Churro roving, a shot of the full bobbin, and a snap of the sample yarns, both the single (bottom) and the two-ply (top).