Aurora Colony Handspinners’ Guild presents the annual Antique Spinning Wheel Showcase.

Visitors to the museum will get to delight in the day as they browse through the buildings amongst the antique spinning wheels and their spinners. The handspinners will be dressed in their antique costumes and will be working their wheels, happy to answer questions and show visitors how their wheels work, what region they are from, what year they were made and any other query that comes their way.

This is a two-day event sure to please the fiber enthusiast! Please be sure to wear a mask and be mindful of your social distancing.

Double Flyer Parlor Wheel Circa late 1800s

This charming double flyer wheel was donated to the Guild for a raffle. The wheel has dainty finial decorations of likely bone/ivory. The wheel came without any information about it’s lineage. It appears to be late 19th century and is typical of German parlor wheels of this era. It's graceful without being fussy. The wheel was purchased from a French seller and shipped to the previous owner. It is very small measuring 16 in. deep, 18 in wide and 39 inches tall including the distaff. There are only two bobbins (one for each flyer). There is some minor nonactive woodworm damage and some damage to a couple of the bone/ivory finial decorations. The wheel is functional, it treadles easily and is quiet to operate. It is a dark wood, unknown kind. Tickets are available: $1.00 a ticket or $5.00 for 6 tickets. The winning ticket will be drawn on March 13, 2022