There’s been a number of requests for more information regarding the newest wheel in the herd. It is a double treadle Merlin Tree Roadbug. Here is another shot of her nestled in her bag:
The pocket on the front of the bag is her second treadle. When Dave modified his little portable wheels from single to double treadle, he didn’t modify its overall footprint. Instead, he designed a removable second treadle.
You can just see the “left” foot off to the side here in this picture. Also included for scale is my Van Eaton production wheel in the background (with the endless bag of CVM fleece). I love the green monstah wheel on the Bug.
Here she is with both her treadles and set to spin:
From this picture you can see how her left treadle attaches. She makes for a pleasant (if a smidge noisy) little spinner that fits perfectly on the boat. I also like how the flyer poses no danger to anyone wandering too close to the wheel (beyond them hitting my leg and making me get whacked with the flyer) which was a concern with the Sonata and how her flyer was out back.
On other fronts, I finished the latest pair of socks at SnB on Thursday.
I decided not to reknit the first sock as there is so little difference between the pair, beyond actual stitch count (52 v. 56) and needles used (both US1 – dpn v. circ). At this point, I can’t tell which is which.
Craft on!
