This is the original contemporary spinning wheel (machine) made with furniture PVC weighting only a little over 7 pounds. Comes as a complete kit with lazy kate (for plying), Six bobbins (3 of 5:1 ratio and 3 of 6:1 ratio), 1/4 pound of Brown Sheep Wool roving (Brown Sheep is the farm name, the roving is white), Babe's Sure Foot, and how to spin instructions.

Finding the Babe spinning wheels was a direct result of looking for a durable, inexpensive wheel that a beginner could use.

Babe spinning wheels are great starter wheels. They are lightweight, durable, well designed, and perfect for a beginning spinner. The modest price--roughly half what a low end wooden wheel costs--makes them the ideal wheel for the novice.

Selling Babe spinning wheels came out of doing dog hair demonstrations at dog shows. Many of the dog breeders had large hairy dogs, even larger piles of dog groomings and the desire for a sweater from the hair of their dogs. Quite of few of these ladies had spinning wheels, and were convinced that they could not spin. It turned out that they had wheels suitable for an experienced spinner, but not a wheel for a beginner. And novice spinners with difficult wheels always think they are doing something wrong, not that there is a problem with the wheel.

Typical of the problem happened to a friend who is an accomplished drop spinner. She was convinced that she could not master the art of wheel spinning (no surprise she has a lovely hand made wooden wheel that is beautiful, but made by a wood worker, not a spinning wheel maker). She started spinning on the Babe, and was able to create even fine yarn right away. And the conditions were hardly ideal, she was outside, on uneven ground, and had her six year old daughter helping.

If you have considered adding a spinning wheel to your life, consider the Babe.