I spin on my Minstrel or my Sonata both for myself and for my husband who is a weaver and they both do great. You need to put weight on what you spin for a...
This brings up a subject that I have a mental block about.... What IS the difference between woolen and worsted? How is yarn for knitting different than yarn...
Cla"udia, I love anything fiber. I learned to knit, bought some sheep and now raise Shetlands, learning to spin and purchased a 36" Harrisville loom at an...
Start with Deborah Chandler's book "Learning to Weave". Read it, beginning to end if possible, then get start to weave. I found the back to front method of...
I am not an expert on this , so anyone here with the knowledge please join in with your information. I know that when my husband got his 4 harness I talked...
Hi, I got my Sonata and LOVE it!!! So now I want to change the Symphony to scotch tension. I put both drive bands on one whorl and the brake line on the...
Hi Karen-- What she told you was accurate. 1) Warp yarns need to be 2-plies or more to be able to withstand both the tension placed on the threads while...
I must be doing something wrong here! I have just been looking for the scarfe everywhere in the photos. I have been through every album and found no scarfe....
I ran into some problem with some commercially dyed yarn I used in a project I just completed knitting and wondered if there might be someone in this group who...
I am new here and just got my Sonata last week. I had about 15 minutes practice on a friend's Ashford but otherwise am completely new to spinning. As I have...
I just put the first coat of tung oil on my Kromski Minstrel that arrived yesterday. Was in a quandary about what wheel to buy but messages in this group...
I got my sonata, just about a year ago. I too wondered about the drive band, and if I should get another one 'just incase'. Well, I did get one 'just...
... If you take it off the whorls whenever you're not using it, it should last close to forever. If it does stretch, all you have to do is cut it, cut out a...
Thanks for the very pertinent answers. I think I will order another one - just in case - because I am the kind of person who has backups for the backups. I...
I did it. Lol, I just ordered my second Kromski wheel. A Minstrel this time, already have a Mazurka. The shipping/tracking # just came thru, and would you...
Three feet and two sets of hands :) Enjoy the new wheel!! I have a Minstrel and a Sonata. Love 'em both! Cheers Shannon ... -- Warmest Regards, Shannon Bell ...
Hi, I'm new and my name is Sue. I am going through the agony of having to decide which wheel to buy. lol I think, I'm pretty set on the Minstrel. Then I think...
In a message dated 8/24/2008 8:37:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, shiip40@... writes: I am going through the agony of having to decide which wheel ***I...
My new Minstrel arrived thurs as promised. Her name is Lucille and I had her finished and up and spinning by early this afternoon. She joins a big 'little'...
To add to your agony, the Sonata also has a Fast Flyer and a Jumbo Flyer that I really love. The Jumbo flyer lets you take two very full regular bobbins that...
Hi Ladies, I got a Sonata in January, had a 'fall'..couldn't even try until about April. (That hurt more than the fall!!) But I love my wheel! She spins so...
Oh Sharon...you're a lucky, happy girl!! I love the looks of the Minstrel and Mazurka..but I truly love my Sonata. I can only have one wheel so that's what I...
Good Morning... I am new here in your group. I own 1 spinning wheel... it is an Indian Charkha .... and a Kromski Rigid Heddle Loom neither of which have...
Hello Flory! And welcome to this group! I am sorry to hear about your stroke and glad it sounds as if you have managed to regain a lot of strength, as it...
I still love my Kromski sonata, purchased earlier this year and feel I am getting on well, but may now have to begin to explore the world of different flyers,...
hello again! I am sorry I gave bad directions! As I can get more or less automatically I haven't tried it from the outside as it were. I was told about it from...
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