04/03/2026
After months of research and debate, I finally went for it! Can you guess what arrived yesterday for me? My first 'new to me' wooden spinning wheel! She is a Kromski Minstrel and she is from Poland. I bought her from The Woolery and she arrived in just a few days.
She assembled easily and with a little adjustment of the drive I'm ready to test her out. She has a distaff coming on back order soon and you can see her protective bag (green and tan) in the background. Don't mind my fuzzy helper. My cat Flint loves to check everything I do when it comes to spinning. His brother Nephrite usually just watches from the couch.
This wheel is amazing and it's unfinished wood so I plan to stain, paint and wood burn her exactly as I want to. She will be my biggest magical equipment to produce magically blessed yarn for custom projects. I can't wait to see how she turns out in months to come! I hope you all stick around and watch as she gets finished and named.
If you have name suggestions I'd love to hear them. All of my spinning wheels receive names at some point.