tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post1208992567530501122..comments2024-02-26T12:02:32.050-08:00Comments on Hutt-Write Voice: Treasures of Yesteryear - the spinning wheelHutt-Write Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04972139441391835088noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-83210068239529551302023-09-21T12:14:55.596-07:002023-09-21T12:14:55.596-07:00I can't remember ever seeing a flower on a spi...I can't remember ever seeing a flower on a spinning wheel. Where did you get yours from? It's possible that it originated from a Hutterite colony. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-14438242720143293532023-09-21T00:18:57.374-07:002023-09-21T00:18:57.374-07:00Does your wheel have a flower on it? Trying to fin...Does your wheel have a flower on it? Trying to find the origin of mine and some suggested it might be made at a Hutterite colony Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-9771093760827035742021-02-15T17:19:04.758-08:002021-02-15T17:19:04.758-08:00Interesting, Pegg. May I ask where you bought it? ...Interesting, Pegg. May I ask where you bought it? Hutt-Write Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972139441391835088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-77193665079211981282021-02-15T15:52:22.309-08:002021-02-15T15:52:22.309-08:00I recently purchased a Hutterite spinning wheel. I...I recently purchased a Hutterite spinning wheel. I believe it's around 100 years old. I have it all cleaned up and functional. It still works! I hadn't heard about Hutterite wheels until I started research her origins. Glad I was able to save her.Pegg Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113756304449398701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-38094481981099375302021-01-27T09:13:31.350-08:002021-01-27T09:13:31.350-08:00Molly, some time ago a guy from a Manitoba colony ...Molly, some time ago a guy from a Manitoba colony repaired spinning wheels. I don't know if he still does, though. Hutt-Write Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972139441391835088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-53369136497249429642021-01-27T09:08:41.264-08:002021-01-27T09:08:41.264-08:00I have a wheel very similar to this that I have in...I have a wheel very similar to this that I have inherited from my grandmother. It was an anniversary gift that was purchased from a neighboring colony. It is in fairly good working order. It does need a few repairs but I love it. If you have any information on where I could find replacement parts that would be wonderful thank you for sharing your story.mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047230049624482011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-68682575774108688302016-12-21T06:58:53.574-08:002016-12-21T06:58:53.574-08:00Thanks for your interesting post. Rasqa. As far as...Thanks for your interesting post. Rasqa. As far as I know, wool is the only thing that Hutterites ever spun. If I'm wrong on that, I'm hoping someone will correct me. Hutt-Write Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972139441391835088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-91993907557224570332016-12-21T00:22:31.696-08:002016-12-21T00:22:31.696-08:00I learned to spin in Berkeley in the mid-seventies...I learned to spin in Berkeley in the mid-seventies, first on a drop spindle and then on a wheel. I still have an Ashford wheel, which was the most common kit wheel at the time, though it's not in working order any more, and I don't really know how to get it there-- and don't have time to think about it at the moment. But I loved spinning.<br /><br />When I learned to spin my grandmother gave me her mother's spindles, made for her by my great-grandfather, I believe. She used to spin enough wool every year to knit him a couple of pairs of socks-- very very straight long staple wool that they brought with them when they came to this country. I still do not know exactly how these spindles were used-- my grandmother, who was basically a master of every needlecraft there is, did not know how to spin herself. They look like e.g. Egyptian drop spindles, with the whorl at the top, but a small one, with a very long shaft. My grandmother thought she somehow rolled them on her knee. I still have not been able to find out.<br /><br />I love that your own family can still remember people actually spinning. Wool is such an amazing and valuable fiber! Today there are so many synthetics to effectively keep us warm (some a lot more comfortable than wool, too) but it's hard to imagine people getting along without it before those other things were invented. I'm curious, did the people in your family/colony spin anything besides wool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-79344191811168811222016-12-13T18:42:55.666-08:002016-12-13T18:42:55.666-08:00It seems that way, Katie. My sister make dryer bal...It seems that way, Katie. My sister make dryer balls with wool, and just watching her sit and poke at a ball of wool with hooked needle is relaxing. I sleep with a wool comforter, and don't want any other. It's so soft and cosy.Hutt-Write Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972139441391835088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524422546162791142.post-72507629769235876852016-12-13T18:07:18.251-08:002016-12-13T18:07:18.251-08:00I have never spun wool, but I have washed, pulled ...I have never spun wool, but I have washed, pulled and carded wool. There is something so relaxing about working with wool. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09758630855852026771noreply@blogger.com