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From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser

From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser

Curious Objects

October 16, 202449m 4s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Ben Miller speaks with knit maven Heavenly Bresser, founder of the store Heavenly Knitchet and devotee of ye olde spinning wheel. The pair gets into the mechanics of spinning wheels, the form’s centuries-old history, and the largest wheel in Bresser’s extensive collection, which is also her favorite: a pendulum wheel manufactured by Justin B. Wait in the 1800s, whose drive wheel is 46 1/2 inches in diameter.

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