I'm spinning flax strick from my sitting distaff - to linen on the Canadian Production Wheel. (the distaff is rigged up to keep the swivel post stationary)
My husband shot the video, and when I looked at it, the line seems to be invisible, so I added a close up shot of the draft at the end...using the tripod. It was difficult to get a good "over my shoulder" shot.
The question was "Anyone here have experience successfully spinning flax on their CPW?"
and...so now my question is: "How often were CPW's actually used for spinning flax?"
I imagine they were mostly used for spinning wool...but apparently...some of them have a hole on the table for a distaff..and a distaff certainly could have held wool, but maybe some flax from time to time.
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From the way the crank on the wheel is turning, it looks like the wheel is turning CCW. Is that really happening, or is it just an artifact of the video?
Also, what a beautiful wheel! :)
Hi Janice,
Yes..the wheels is turning CCW...I spin linen singles with an "S" twist.
I like to see you in action. You must have the patience of a saint is all I can say. :) Keep cool.
I can't believe how thin you're spinning! Granted, you're spinning strick, but it's still impressive! I was cleaning out my attic last weekend and couldn't bear to throw away my homemade distaff. One of these days I'll spin flax again!
Beautiful wheel.Tell me more about the distaff. it looks like it is free standing.
It is almost magical to me, how it all works. Very cool video, cousin. :-)
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