Walking wheel

Today we made an impromptu visit to a pioneer village that shows life in Upper Canada in the 1820s. This woman was using a walking spinning wheel to spin sheep wool into thread. The wheel is called a walking wheel because the spinner is continually walking back and forth to keep tension on the yarn. Pioneer women could walk up to twenty miles a day from corner to corner in their cabins while spinning their yarn.

[Walks @ 7]

Hard work, never heard of this type of spinning wheel

[Diana]

A wonderful capture and narrative, so new to me!

[JackieR]

Goodness what a contraption! You've caught her concentration perfectly

[Susan Wakely]

So interesting and great capture.

[Mags]

How interesting and wonderful capture!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot that tells a story.

[Joanne Diochon]

Hmm, maybe instead of a treadmill. You'd get the exercise and end up with wool to weave as well.

[Paula Fontanini]

Very interesting narrative & picture! Wait til the fitness industry finds out a way to market this as a new exercise device!! :)

[bkb in the city]

I would love to visit there

[Monica]

Interesting - I love those places!

[Carole Sandford]

Interesting info. Nice shot. A great place to visit.

[John Falconer]

Twenty miles a day!! Very nice shot.

[Korcsog Károly]

A great presentation of this activity!

[Taffy]

Intriguing tool!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

My sister used to spin wool- but she had the smaller kind you sat at. I was more interested dyeing the wool than spinning it. Love this shot- a step back in time.