Lendrum Original - Gordon Lendrum has been building these Modern Spinning Wheels in Canada since 1975.
The Woolery offers spinning wheels from a select group of manufacturers known for their innovative designs, commitment to quality and contributions to the craft of hand spinning. Much like handknitting, the process is not as efficient as going out and buying yarn, but joy and an appreciation for this ancient craft are well worth the time spent.īuy your ideal spinning wheel online today! Most Popular Spinning Wheels
Today hand spinners honor the tradition and beauty of handspun yarns by creating beautiful works of art on their own spinning wheels. Now commercial yarns are spun in mills by large mechanized cousins of the spinning wheel. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, spinning wheels were the most common and efficient way to create yarn. This added a bobbin that the yarn could be continuously wound onto, the winding motion of the wheel could also be powered via a foot treadle, which freed up the spinner’s hands to draft the fibers. Then the Saxony wheel was introduced in Europe in the 16th century. The oldest spinning wheels utilized a distaff which freshly spun yarn could be wound onto from a large hand-driven wheel. The spinning wheel reached Europe in the Middle Ages and replaced the previously standard way of spinning via a spindle and distaff. There is some debate as to whether this happened in China, India, or the Middle East. At some point the spinning wheel, a more mechanized and efficient method than the spindle, was invented. The earliest methods of spinning yarn were all done using hand spindles. Since long ago in human history, we discovered that adding twist to fiber will make that fiber stronger for uses in clothing, ship sales, ropes, etc. A spinning wheel is a tool for spinning fiber into yarn.