Spinning Frequently Asked Questions
Q How do I oil / lubricate my spinning wheel?
A In short, drop some oil into the moving bits as best you can. Ashford recommend using candlewax in certain places such as the treadle bearings, but it's obviously difficult to get a candle in there without taking things apart. If you use oil there it will flow between the surfaces and lubricate them.
Ashford make all of their assembly guides available for download on their site:
http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/assembly-guides.html?view=product&layout=guides
If your wheel is not an Ashford, or if the guide for your wheel is not here, then just look at the guide for the Traditional - it shows you where to oil a wheel generally (look near the end under 'strange sounds'.)
http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/pdfs_assembly_guides/TDSW_web_20.pdf
Fibre
A range of fibre from wool to exotic and luxury fibre for spinning, dyeing, felting: wool, silk, alpaca, cashmere, mohair, camel, yak and angora ready to spin. Also raw fleece
Spinning wheels
A range of Ashford Spinning Wheels delivered quickly to your door. I usually have some second hand spinning wheels listed.
Magazines and cards
Why not add one or two to your order? These cards, hand made by Jules of 'Always with a Heart' feature a textured sheep. Perfect for Christmas for your friends or for the spinner / knitter in your life. I now stock Selvedge magazine and Yarnmaker magazine.
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Spinning cotton, free eBook
Have you spun cotton? Did you know that it grows in natural colours as well as white?
This free eBook from SpinningDaily gives us some history, some tips for spinning the very short fibre with some patterns.
