I tried out my new EEW Fold electric spinning wheel today, using some random blue wool fiber.

I kickstarted the Fold after borrowing a friend’s EEW Nano. The Nano gave me a sense of what an EEW is like, but I was slightly frustrated by a few things (small bobbins, no way to easily get the same speed every time I started spinning, and it doesn’t really go fast enough to spin cotton).

The Fold fixes all three of those things. It also has a foot switch so I can stop and start it without having to drop what I’m doing.

It’s made so the maidens (the vertical bits that hold up the flyer* and bobbin) can be folded under the base after removing the bobbin. This is great for travel. I’m not likely to use this feature often, but I think I’ll appreciate it if I do.

(I didn’t realize my fiber and bobbin would match the summer bedspread in the background, but it amuses me!)

*flyer: the structure with hooks on that holds the bobbin. It’s the part that adds twist to the yarn and wraps it around the bobbin.

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