Spinning Wheels

Renee is selling this Antique Original Saxony Style Flax Wheel, circa 1850.
The wheel is made of quarter sawn oak which shows the rays or flecs especially on the base and wheel itself.

The Distaff is the old bird cage style, and may not be original to the wheel, but is from the time peiod. The orifice is (1/8) which is best suited for spining thin thread such as flax. The flax thread can be waxed and used to sew up period correct bags, moccasins, gloves, and other sundry goods.

The wheel works well and would make great showpiece, or working piece.
It is likely from the mid 1800's but would be period correct for Revolution through about 1920.

Renee Gillespie has been Spinning Fibers since 2002. She is very proficient in Spinning Wool, Cotton, Flax, Alpaca and even Dog and Cat Hair! Renee lives in Pickens County SC, where she has been blessed to own Alpacas and an Angora Rabbit. She enjoys growing Flax, Heirloom Cotton, and plants for the purpose of Spinning and dying. Renee regularly sets up at the SAFF show near Asheville, NC. She also teaches art lessons at the Pickens County Museum in Pickens, SC.

Renee and her husband David are Colonial Period Demonstrators, who demonstrate all across the South and enjoy teaching the “old ways, and seeking the old paths.” Jeremiah 6:16

In this Beginner DVD you will be shown methods to Spin on the Saxon Style Spinning Wheel which include :

Discussion on Antique Wheels
Parts of the Spinning Wheel
Carding Fiber
Spinning Wool
Double Plying
Making a Skein of yarn on Yarn Winder

In this DVD you will be shown methods to
Spin on the Top Whorl Drop Spindle which include :

Carding Fiber
Preparing the Drop Spindle
Pre-Drafting Fiber
Park & Draft Method of Spinning
Double Plying
Making a Skein of yarn

Renee Gillespie has been demonstrating on her spinning wheel since 2002. She offers classes to students who want to learn to spin.