Posted by sue kidd on Tuesday, 22 March 2005, at 5:54 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: Woolee Winder posted by robin on Wednesday, 16 March 2005, at 1:02 p.m.:
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE MY WOOLEE WINDER. I'VE SPUN UP 2 LARGE SPOOLS OF FINE LACE WEIGHT YARN, SOME SOUTHDOWN AND A BIT OF CHURRO ON MY KROMSKI MINSTREL WITH IT, IT'S WONDERFUL. IT WINDS SMOOTHLY, DOES AWAY WITH COLLAPSED COPS AND REALLY DOES AID IN SPINNING A SMOOTHER MORE CONSISTANT YARN. IT DOES COST A BIT MORE THAN I'D LIKE BUT I THINK IT IS QUITE WELL WORTH THE PRICE. MINE HAS NOT COLLECTED ANY DETECTABLE LINT YET AND IS VERY WELL MADE, IF NOT QUITE AS PRETTY AND DELICATE AS THE ORIGINAL FLYER. OILING SHOULD BE DONE MINIMALLY, MAYBE VACUUM IT OUT ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN YOU'RE CLEANING UP THE WOOL FUZZ ON THE FLOOR? IT DOES HOLD MORE YARN THAN THE ORIGINAL BOBBIN; DUE TO SIZE AND FIRM WIND ON. YOU WILL HAVE TO SET YOUR WIND ON TENSION A LITTLE LOOSER AS IT HAS IT'S OWN PULL. I REALLY HATE TO HAVE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A SMOOTH SPIN AND RELOCATE THE HOOKS.
IT INTERRUPTS THE RYTHM AND PLEASURE OF SPINNING, ESPECIALLY WITH A REALLY FINE YARN. FOR ME IT WAS A WORHTWHILE EXPENSE.