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The Ladybug Spinning Wheel

Available Now at the Little House

The Ladybug Spinning Wheel is friendly to entry-level spinners, easy to treadle, easy to take with you, and…as cute as a bug! The Ladybug has the characteristic solid Schacht construction and its unique design is both functional and charming. Designed-in carrying handles in the legs and light weight make the Ladybug easy to pick up and transport. An optional attached tensioned Lazy Kate integrates into the front leg and makes it easy to take along, too!


*Double Treadle
*Scotch Tension
*Friendly to entry-level spinners
*12 pounds
*Comfortable to treadle
*Uses Matchless flyer, bobbins, and whorls
*Carrying handles
*$575.00

    

The Ladybug Spinning Wheel uses Scotch tension, and can also be used in double drive mode. The Ladybug comes with medium and fast flyer whorls; the slow and high speed whorls can also be used for a wide range of ratios

Whorl Ratios
slow 5:1 & 6:1
medium 7:1 & 9:1
fast 10-1/2:1 & 12-1/2:1
high 14:1 & 16:1

With lazy kate $584.00

Lazy Kate . .$36.50

Bobbins $35.50

Made of hard Maple with Walnut trim. Has three spinning modes double drive Scotch tension and bobbin lead. Comes with an unlazy Kate, 4 Bobbins, medium and fast speed flyer whorls. Also available 5 other flyer whorls and a high speed bobbin comes with adjustable carrying strap for easy transporting.

The Schacht Bulky Plyer Flyer
Add plying and bulky yarn capabilities to any Schacht Matchless
or Schacht Ladybug Spinning Wheel. Features include a generously-sized
7/8" orifice, large capacity bobbin (about 8 oz), sliding flyer hooks with
incremental stops, and large round guide hooks. The Bulky Plyer Flyer
comes with its own special front maiden, bulky flyer, and bulky bobbin.

$250.00

 

Matchles II

Single Treadle

Ratios: 9:1, 11:1, 13:1
and 15.5:1.

Wheel diameter: 191/2"; Orifice: 3/8"

Retail . . . . . . . . $975.00

Double Treadle

Retail . . . . . . . . .$999.00

 

Unlazy Kate . .Comes with wheel.

Extra Kates . . ..$59.00 each

Which whorl do I choose?

It depends. . .on your treadling rate, the fiber you're spinning, and the type of yarn you want. There are no hard and fast rules abut whorls. What is important is that you choose a whorl that helps your wheel do as much of the work =for you as possible. In general; the bigger the whorl, the coarser the fiber, the thicker the yarn; the smaller the whorl, the finer the fiber, the smaller the yarn.

Catalogue available for $3.00