#MakerMonday - Spinning on the Great Wheel

The President James K. Polk State Historic Site
The President James K. Polk State Historic Site
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Published 2020-06-01
This week we are taking a look at the Great or "Walking" Wheel. Variations on this technology has been used to turn fiber into thread or yarn for over 1,000 years! Next time, we'll take a look at the Treadle or Flax Wheel.




www.jameskpolk.net/


The President James K. Polk State Historic Site is located in Pineville, NC. We are minutes from Uptown Charlotte and an easy drive from around the region via I-485.

12031 Lancaster Highway
Pineville, NC 28134
​(704) 889-7145

The President James K. Polk State Historic Site is part of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
All Comments (5)
  • @K31swiss
    Looks a lot like the one in my living room. One of my wife’s great aunts got it as a wedding present right after the war against the states.
  • @StephRenee812
    This is what is in my attic. Looks almost the same. I would love to learn how to use it
  • @susanrichardson8516
    In the Southern Appalachians these wheels were used into the late 1930's. This was mostly due to the economic devastation caused by the War for Southern independence. The war set the South back 100 years.
  • @loganpollock1689
    You have a spoke missing. You are spinning from a combed roving. most of the time colonial spinner would be spinning from a carded rolag.