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Headache is gone, there was rain here and now the air is clear again.
My stalkee wanted the peg loom but I got it first. I feel bad about that, so have found a nice yarn porn site for her to drool over. She has probably seen it but at least she will know I care.
Have decided to treat myself to a spinning wheel for my birthday. I got a quote for shipping for a Babe from the US and it still adds up to less than a basic new one here. The exchange rate is helping. I will be spinning yarn galore before you know it. Also found a UK source of Landscape Australian dyes. If anyone has used them and would like to give me their opinion before I splash out then please do.
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I love my Babe Production double-treadle so much I just bought a second - the Production Pedal Pusher. :-) These are the only wheels I've ever spun on, so I can't compare them to others, but they do what I want, and I'm a self-taught spinner. They are lightweight and require very little maintenance - and you don't have to worry about the dogs running into them (unless the dog gets his nose in the spokes) - they can't hurt a Babe. I love that there are minimum adjustments to a Babe - really just the brake tension (Irish tension, though Scotch tension is now available on the Production) - so you just sit down and go. I can do laceweight; and I could probably spin bulky on the plying bobbin - I haven't tried it yet though (bulk is limited by the orifice, which IIRC is 3/8" - a common 'regular' size).
The Pedal Pusher costs less; you get fewer bobbins than the Production, but you do get a wide-enough flyer to ply, plus a plying bobbin; for the Production you have to buy a plying flyer. I'm not keen on the 'loopy things' the PP uses on the flyer instead of hooks though, and may change that. The original wheel might be a bit 'sturdier' - the upright seems to wobble a tiny bit on the Pedal Pusher, but it doesn't seem to affect my spinning (and this could be because of the different treadling 'systems' - my older wheel uses cables to attach the treadles to the wheel, whereas the new wheel uses a metal rod - it looks like the new Productions use rods as well).
Though I don't do a lot of spinning, I'm currently on a spinning kick and you can see some of my spinning (including my first two plied skeins - woohoo!) and both wheels on my blog:
http://loomythoughts.blogspot.com/
I bought the PP in June, so you won't have to go back very far.
Easy to use, low maintenance, takes a licking and keeps on ticking - my kind of wheel! :-D If you have specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them (if I can - learning on your own can be 'interesting' sometimes ;-/ ).
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