Spinning on a great wheel 

Thank you so much!

You are lucky! Thank you, I’m glad you liked it.

Thank you!

Thank you! 😊

This is exactly what I said.

Lovely, thank you!

It’s a wonderful experience!

Thank you!

That would be me, so thank you! Definitely not professional, but I have worked my way through 70+ spinning videos.

Thank you! 🌸🐑😊

Thank you! Yes, it does require lots of coordination, of spinning, handling the fiber and walking.

Thank you! 😊

Yes, great wheels are truly magical 😊

Sounds like a lovely place to work!

Thank you, we did!

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🌸

You are welcome ☺

Lovely, thank you!

We were! 😁

Thank you! And yes, they are magnificent tools.

Thank you! 🌸

Thank you! 🌸

...well I was meant to be spinning some random white top which the label fell off into random lace-weight yarn to use for a natural dye session with a friend, but this inspired me so what I've been doing for the last hour or so is carding scraps into rather rubbish rolags and practicing my long draw :D I'm not actually as bad at it as I thought!

It was a beautiful opportunity to try the great wheel. Clock reels seem to be hard to find, even the ones without a functioning counter.

​@@josefinwaltin Indeed and I've not seen another with three gears when I've searched.

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

Thank you! 😊

Thank you! :D

Yes, we had lots of fun!

Thank you, ut was!

Thank you! 🌸

I change the angle between two parts of the spinning - the spinning of the yarn and the winding of the yarn onto the shaft of the spindle. When I spin I keep the yarn in a 45° angle and to wind on I keep a 90° angle. In the 45° angle the spun yarn spirals along the shaft to the tip where the spinning occurs. When I change to the 90° angle I need to unwind (change the direction) that spiraled section to be able to wind the yarn onto the cop against the whorl of the spindle. Without the short changing of directions I would wind the yarn onto the tip of the shaft instead. I hope this makes sense to you.

@@josefinwaltin thank you for getting back to me and explaining that. Have a blessed day!

The rims are made of bent wood and joined with a ribbon. The Japanese, Chinese and Indian wheels were way earlier than the medieval European great wheels and inspired the making of them.

Probably, it is an old tool and lots of parts in it are wobbly.

​@@josefinwaltin ...I know how it feels!