That was a fun weekend!
I was going to visit my mom this weekend, and heard about a 19" Reeves available for a decent price but a bit of a detour. So of course I detoured - it turned out she had two! Both walnut, neither quite 18". My sister bought one, and I bought the other. :-)
Neither one appeared to have been used, but the grandkids had played with them so they aren't quite pristine. Once we got them to Mom's and oiled and treadled a few times they broke in fast and are spinning like champs.
Oddly, on mine neither the bobbin nor the whorl are finished. It's smaller than my 19" oak Reeves - 'only' 17.5"; my sister's is 17". What a difference!
Isn't she lovely? I need to fix a small problem with the flyer, but the drive wheel spins well and once the flyer is fixed she will spin again. :-D She still has a lot of her original paint, and I can't wait to get her cleaned up!
The walnut wheel is much much lighter in weight as well - it could make a nice travel wheel. In fact I may take it to Spin Club this week. :-D
The seller also had an antique Finnish wheel that was in surprisingly good condition considering she was made in 1844!
Labels: spinning
posted by CL at
22:15
2 Comments:
Beautiful wheel! Great find.
I also weave on a 24" Kromski RH Harp
By
ChelleC, at 4/06/2012 8:57 AM
Thanks! I'm thrilled with the Reeves. Though it has a warped wheel that is rather distracting it spins sooo smooooothly. :-)
And I can't wait to get the Finnish wheel cleaned up and working - hopefully I can do some of that this weekend. :-D
I really need to get back to weaving too - not enough (non-working) hours in the day!
By
CL, at 4/06/2012 11:18 AM
Post a Comment
<< Home