My mother is the best, and not just because she’s my mother – she has the best eye for findings such as this one. She was walking in a town not far from home and just saw this old Louët spinning wheel standing in the window of a second hand shop, and decided that I have to come and check it and maybe buy it.
It was a matter of great urgency, of course, so the following day she took me there and we checked it out. The wheel itself, an old S51 single treadle wheel, was in good condition, considering that it wasn’t used for so long. It will require some work and ordering some spare parts, mainly bobbins, but it seems it would work just fine.
So how about the newest addition to my studio?