Spinning

Up until a few hundred years ago, all textiles were made from yarns that were made by hand and even without a spinning wheel. A spun thread is created by pulling fibers from a batt, causing them to lie next to each other and overlap each other. Then they are twisted around each other and that gives the yarn strength.

If you pull the fibers apart and twist them together, you can then wind the spun yarn on a bobbin. By spinning the bobbin, you bring twist to the fibers that have been pulled out of the batt. This is the principle of a spindle.

Quite an improvement compared to the dropspindle, the spinning wheel. Louët spinning wheels are first and foremost solid and well-thought-out tools. Since its inception in the early seventies, the S10 has been so successful that it can be called a classic among modern spinning wheels.

The first generation of Louët spinning wheels, such as the S10C Irish tension and the S17, works on the principle of single drive of the bobbin, adjustable braking of the flyer (Irish tension). The bobbins have three grooves which, due to their different diameter, give three gears relative to the flywheel. By using different bobbins and flyers , you can spin all types of yarn on these spinning wheels, from coarse wool to fine silk.

The new generation of Louët spinning wheels, such as the S10C Scotch tension and S95/S96 Victoria, have Scotch tension: the flyer is driven and the bobbin has an adjustable brake to control the tension. The standard ratios are higher than those of the first generation, which comes in handy when spinningfiner yarns. With the high speed spin set, the ratios becomes even greater.