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!
8 responses so far ↓
1 Elsie // Jun 13, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Another nice addition to your spinning family. If I was a youngster like you I would buy more wheels too!
2 Laurie // Jun 14, 2010 at 5:59 am
Tnx for the closeups. That is a tempting little buy.
I would not have reknit the sock, either.
3 Nancy // Jun 14, 2010 at 11:42 am
That is one cute little wheel…I like the double treadle and the color is great! I’ll bet the treadling would be easier for me than the single left-treadle Hitchhiker I tried ;o)
4 misa // Jun 14, 2010 at 10:46 pm
I love that you describe the wheel as part of the herd and nestled in a bag, so anthropomorphic. What’s next, do they talk?
5 Hillary // Jun 16, 2010 at 9:58 am
Cute little wheel. Use it well.
6 Ina // Jun 17, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Wow, that’s perfect for the boat!
7 Vanessa // Jul 7, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Nice tease with the Van Eaton ;/)
The graduation photo is adorable!
8 Madame Purl // Jul 22, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Too funny – I picked up a Roadbug this spring too. It’s such a fun little wheel.