Final project

Portable Spinning wheel

The need

Last fall semester we had a small course on spinning in my school and I absolutely fell in love with it. We started out with a spindle and advanced to a spinning wheel when we had understood the principle of spinning. I spun with a traditional spinning wheel and with a more modern upright spinning wheel. I preferred the upright version so my teacher brought me a travel spinning wheel from an other department so that i could try that out too. It was an Ashford model and relatively small and handy to take to go so I started googling the prices.That was a mistake, I almost fell from my chair. The Asford's models are really expensive and there are not so many global or local manufacturers that make spinning wheels let alone travel ones. I got an old spinning wheel from my mother but the problem with those are that they're really big and hardly not portable. A spindle is of course easy to take along, but I would really like to have a proper spinning wheel that's just as easy to grab on the go.

The Inspiration

I started looking for small spinning wheels that people have made by themselves or have had made by local carpenters or other craftsmen. I found a lot of models. The spinning wheel in the first picture is the Asford one I tried at school and which started all this. My absolute favorite is the one called pumpkin. A 91-year-old carpenter made it for the lady hosting the blog i found it from based on her needs and general requirements for a spinning wheel. It measures only 17 inches and is extremely adorable. It isn't however not very portable, since you can't take it apart. It's a solid piece. And what i wan't from my s.w. design is the same level of compact design with the capability to take it a part to make it really easy to take with me.

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  Asford Spinnig wheel
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  Gaskell spinning wheel, Kathryn
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  Pumpkin
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  Spinning wheel by SpinOlution
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  Pic from Pinterest, didn't have a source
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  Pic from Pinterest, didn't have better source than it's from Etsy
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  Spinning Wheel by Woolthing