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Kromski Symphony Spinning Wheel

Name: Kromski Symphony Spinning Wheel
Brand: Kromski

Kromski · Spinning Wheels

What it spins, how it carries, and what comes in the box.

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The short answer

Kromski Symphony Spinning Wheel is a Scotch-tension spinning wheel from Kromski. It has two treadles, ratios from 8 to 20:1 and a 10 mm orifice.

Higher ratios lean toward finer yarn, lower toward thicker. Check the orifice against the thickest yarn you plan to spin.

Ratios 8, 12, 16 and 20:1
How many times the flyer turns for each turn of the wheel. Higher leans toward finer yarn, lower toward thicker.
Orifice 10 mm
The opening your yarn feeds through. Check it against the thickest yarn you plan to spin.
Treadles 2
One foot or two, whichever suits you.
Tension Scotch tension
How the yarn is drawn onto the bobbin as you spin.
Drive Single, double
How the wheel’s band or bands turn the flyer and bobbin.
Wheel diameter 60 cm
The width of the drive wheel, edge to edge.

These are stages of what you might want to make, not a ranking. Each step is a different kind of project, and every one is a good place to be.

Step 1
Spinning away from home
Yarn at a class, a guild meeting or a friend’s house, with a wheel that folds.
Step 2
Spinning at home
Everyday yarn on a wheel that stays set up, with a standard orifice and bobbins.
This one. 10 mm orifice.
Step 3
Big batches and thick yarn
Thick and art yarns, and large amounts at a time.

Guide
How to Start Spinning Yarn: A First-Wheel Guide
Go from a bundle of wool to your first plied skein: what to gather, setting up the wheel, treadling, drafting, plying and winding your skein.
Guide
Spinning and Weaving Glossary: The Words, Explained
What is a maiden bar? A shed? A sett? A friendly glossary of spinning and weaving words, from fleece and roving to flyer, orifice and heddle.
Guide
Spinning or Weaving? Where to Start With a First Craft
Want to make yarn, start spinning. Want to make cloth, start weaving. See what each involves, what you need for a first project, and how to try it first.

Full specifications

Spec	Value
Wheel diameter	60 cm

Spec	Value
Material	European Alder and Birch wood

Next steps: see Kromski’s page for the Symphony Spinning Wheel.