A Conversation with Rick & Marge Reeves
The last Saxony wheel created by Rick Reeves will make its SOAR debut in a few weeks, so we wanted to share this 2017 article about the life and legacy of Rick and his wife, Marge.
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The last Saxony wheel created by Rick Reeves will make its SOAR debut in a few weeks, so we wanted to share this 2017 article about the life and legacy of Rick and his wife, Marge.
My love affair with charkha spinning was starting to leave me frustrated and grumbling. Here’s how I regained my loving-kindness.
Creative approaches to the simple act of plying boggled my mind. And I’ve been spinning a long, long time.
Who knew that Lego fun can be had by adults, too?
In 2010, Maurice Ribble’s girlfriend wanted an electric spinning wheel but found the available options too expensive. So Maurice built one!
In these long, hot days of summer, I’ve carved out a morning ritual: spinning a bit of cotton while I drink my morning tea.
We’ve taken a little bit of the work out of the quest to find a perfect wheel.
Part of the mindful act of charkha spinning for me is slowly winding my singles into a tidy spindle cop.
When designing his spinning wheel, Scott Porter threw out anything he didn’t have to have.
The number one question people ask when I’m using a handspindle: “how do you go about plying singles yarns from the spindles?”
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