Double flyer flax wheel in action
Amanda demonstrating how to spin on a doubleflyer flax wheel. The wheel, and expertly dressed distaff, were borrowed from Ineke vd Heijden during a spinning weekend with the Dutch Spingroup at Mennerode, Oct 2008. The clip was video d by Magreet Ward. I managed to keep it going for all of 3 minutes, and it looks really impressive, providing you don t look too closely at the thickness or quality of the thread I m producing. As you will probably hear from the soundtrack, I wished I had a third hand to dip in the water pot to smooth the threads
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