When I visited the Knaut-Rhuland House museum in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia last year, there was a spinning wheel in the front room marked J. Young. Makes it a very local product.
March 12, 2012
J. Young
Judith Buxton's Selected Canadian Spinning Wheels in Perspective: An Analytical Approach (Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1992) refers on page 154 to a family of chair makers in Lunenburg, NS that also made spinning wheels under the names J. Young and F. Young.
When I visited the Knaut-Rhuland House museum in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia last year, there was a spinning wheel in the front room marked J. Young. Makes it a very local product.
When I visited the Knaut-Rhuland House museum in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia last year, there was a spinning wheel in the front room marked J. Young. Makes it a very local product.
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I am the proud owner of 3 flax spinning wheels made by the Young Bros of Lunenburg,NS. One is signed J. Young, one F. Young and an identical one which is not signed. I am missing the spindle and flyer on one. If anyone out there has the original parts for sale I'm interested. E-mail address is vmcmanus369@xplornet.ca
ReplyDeletethanks, I'm sure your pride of ownership is well-founded since these wheels are held in museum collections too.
DeleteIf you haven't already, you might also try posting on the Ravelry.com discussion board http://www.ravelry.com/groups/spinners-marketplace.
All the best. Other spinners tell me that it's challenging to get replacement flyers and bobbins to fit antique wheels, whether antique or custom reproduction.
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ReplyDeleteI just bought a wheel that looks exactly like the one in your picture except the table is slanted and it has a great distaff. However, the flyer is glued and the footman has to be fixed or replaced but it spins great and is adorable!! I plan to have another flyer made to use but will keep the original flyer and footman for their aesthetic value.
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