Sunday, 20 October 2013

A new wheel

Now for the princely some of $50 and a drive to Clunes, I have a lovely old Ashford Traditional wheel.  Here's some before and after shots after I have oiled and waxed her.

So now to get a repair kit and some more bobbins and a bit of tinkering to work out the tension etc. and away I go.

5 comments:

Rachelle said...

That's the wheel type I learned on originally. I ended up replacing the flyer on mine as it was warped, made a huge difference in how she performed! I've since upgraded to a lovely handmade wheel and still enjoy spinning

Claire said...

you lost me on that last bit when you said tinkering...that sounds like work :)

Mistea said...

Lovely new addition. Amazing what a little wax can do.
Enjoy your new (old) wheel.

Sisbabestitches said...

Oh how exciting for you :)

Jillian said...

Looks lovely. Happy spinning.