I've been reading heavily on Ravelry about my prior list of spinning wheels: Lendrum, Ashford, and Kromski. After reading a lot of comparison threads, reviews and even asking some questions. I keep coming back to the Ashford traveller and the Kromski minstrel.
Why?
Because they are such pretty castle wheels.
They are at the top of my budget: $600 with extras.
They both do a lot.
I read that I can use the whorls from other Kromski's with the minstrel so that it has a range of 4 to 18.75. So I can make bulky to laceweight. I can use it for plying. It can be double drive or scotch tension. It has a double treadle which I can treadle with either foot or both feet. But the big drawback is that I am going to have to oil it a lot.
With the Ashford traveller, the ratios are 3.7 to 30. And can do a lot that I can with the minstrel except it doesn't need all the oiling and it is a bit more expensive especially if I want to buy the extras.
This will probably be my last post about spinning wheel shopping until I go to the shops and try things out unless I can track down the local spinning group. I've heard from 3 different people that there is a local group but I can track down information on dates, times and places for meetings.
So up and coming in the search:
trip to the shop that sells Ashford, Schacht and Louet wheels
trip to the shop that sells Kromskis
going to the spinning group meeting
No comments:
Post a Comment