Flying Fibers is delighted to be your local dealer for Schacht Spinning Wheels, Looms and Accessories.

If you don't see what you are looking for please contact us and we can usually order in the item you are needing.

SPINNING WHEELS

The Ladybug Spinning Wheel is friendly, easy to treadle, easy to take with you, and...as cute as a bug! The Ladybug is solid Schacht construction and its unique design is both functional and charming. Carrying handles in the legs and light weight make the Ladybug easy to pick up and transport. An optional attached tensioned Lazy Kate integrates into the front leg and makes it easy to take along, too! Currently in Stock

The Sidekick is Schacht's newest spinning wheel. She's designed to fold easily, yet be a solid spinner. Folds to 21.5" h x 8.25" w x 15" d. Integrated storage of bobbins, flyer, and whorls for transport. It uses the same bobbins, whorls, and flyer as the Schacht Matchless and Ladybug wheels, this means the Sidekick can be purchased without the bobbin-flyer assembly if you already have a Matchless or Ladybug. The Sidekick comes with 3 travel bobbins, fast and medium whorls, threading hook, and adjustable carrying strap. Currently in Stock

The Matchless Spinning Wheel is Made in the U.S. of hard maple and walnut and finished with a Danish oil. It includes a Lazy Kate 2 whorls (medium and fast), 4 bobbins and an adjustable carrying strap which makes it handy to transport. It features self-aligning bronze bearings and double drive with alternate scotch tension option, also convertible to bobbin lead if you prefer. Available by Special Order

The Schacht Reeves Saxony wheel is beautifully crafted and captures a sense of history with state of-the-art woodworking techniques. Designed in conjunction with Rick and Marge Reeves, this wheel incorporates traditional design in a wheel that's a superb spinner. Schacht-Reeves Saxony wheel is availabe in 24" and 30" models, as a double or single treadle, and in ash or cherry. Flyer on the left is standard; right-mounted flyer is available by special request. Each wheel comes with three bobbins, two whorls, a Lazy Kate, and threading hook. Available by Special Order

LOOMS

The Cricket Loom is compact, capable, and cute! The Cricket is available in a 10" weaving width, and in April 2012, will also be available in a 15" weaving width. The Cricket is made of high quality apple ply and hard maple and comes smoothly sanded and unfinished. Adding a light coat of oil will keep it beautiful for years! Each Cricket comes with an 8-dent reed. Included are a threading hook, warping peg, table clamps, two shuttles, and two balls of yarn. It's an ideal loom for a new weaver of any age. Currently in Stock

Flip Loom is a folding rigid heddle loom, is comfortable, compact, sturdy, and a pleasure to weave on. this loom folds in a jiffy for storage or transport. Weave in comfort. Choose three different weaving modes: use the rear leg for hooking to a table edge, clamp it to a table for stand-up weaving, or install it on our convenient trestle stand (sold separately). Warp in a flash. Flip is available in 15", 20", and 25" weaving widths, and includes a 5-, 8-, 10-, or 12-dent reed, warping peg, 2 shuttles, 2 clamps, threading hook, and complete warping and weaving instructions. Available by Special Order

Table looms are great for classroom use, workshops, sampling, and small projects. They are ideal for learning about four- and eight-shaft pattern weaving, since the direct tie-up through the hand levers allows for infinite experimentation. Schacht table looms are expertly crafted of the finest hard maple and built for maximum structural stability.
Schacht table looms are available in three weaving widths-15", 20", and 25"- with four or eight shafts. They come with a stainless steel reed in your choice of 6, 8, 10, 12, or 15 dents. Flat steel heddles, two apron rods, and three lease sticks are also included. A double back beam is available for all table loom widths. Display in stock- Available by Special Order

Inkle looms are great for start-up weaving programs because they require little additional equipment, are easy to use and understand, and are easily stored. The Schacht Inkle loom is built with years of heavy use in mind. It has one open side for ease of warping. The tension bar has an easy grip knob for adjusting the warp tension during weaving. Warps can be up to 4.5" wide and 8.5' long. The Inkle Loom is made of hard maple and left unfinished. Display in stock- Available by Special Order

The Wolf Pup is a little loom you can easily take anywhere with you. The 18" weaving width is ideal for workshops and for all those other narrow projects. It has the same sturdy X-frame, bolt and barrel-nut construction as the other Wolf Looms. The loom comes with stainless steel heddle bars and a stainless steel reed (choice of 6, 8, 10, 12 or 15 dent), and 300 flat steel heddles (wire inserted-eye heddles are also available). The Wolf Pup has a direct tie-up system - each harness is tied to a single treadle. This makes for a simple, easy-to-use loom. Like its bigger siblings the Baby Wolf and Mighty Wolf looms, the Wolf Pup LT features jacks and lamms that allow any harness to be tied to any of its six treadles, in whatever combination your weave structure requires. The Wolf Pup folds up to a depth of only 16 inches. The attached wheels automatically engage when the loom is in the folded position. The Wolf Pup weighs just 38 pounds. Available by Special Order

The Baby Wolf loom is the most uncompromised small loom available today. It has all the advantages of portability while maintaining the best big loom features. If compactness and portability are what you are looking for, you'll be interested in this thoughtfully engineered loom. The weaving width of the Baby Wolf is 26". You have your choice of four or eight shafts, or you can choose our Four Now-Four Later* model which allows you to expand from four shafts to eight shafts at any time. The X-frame design is exceptionally stable and can be easily folded to a depth of 18".
The adjustable beater allows the position of the shuttle race to be raised or lowered if necessary. The Baby Wolf employs a friction brake on the warp beam which lets you advance the warp smoothly.
*"Four Now - Four Later" (4N4L) is an eight harness loom shipped with only four harnesses installed, but with the capacity to add an additional four harnesses. You can purchase a kit to add four harnesses at a later time. 4N4L looms are shipped with all the heddles, tie-ups and other items normally included with an eight harness loom. Available by Special Order

SPINNING & WEAVING ACCESSORIES

Matchless Lazy Kate: Schacht took physics to heart when they designed this Lazy Kate. It's built low to the ground (no more tipping over during plying), has a unique tensioning feature (no more bobbin back spinning during plying), and accommodates up to three bobbins. This Kate can be used with other spinning wheel bobbins up to 8 1/8" in length. A Lazy Kate comes with our Matchless wheels but may be purchased separately to use with other wheels. Available by Special Order

Whorls: We offer a wide spectrum of whorls to aid the handspinner in achieving the best spinning speed for the task at hand. A high speed bobbin is required for high speed and super high speed whorls when spinning in double drive. (High speed bobbins are not required for Scotch tension mode.)
What Whorl Do I Choose? It depends...on your treadling rate, the fiber you're spinning, and the type of yarn you want. There are no hard and fast rules about whorls. What is important is that you choose a whorl that helps your wheel do as much of the work for you as possible. In general: the bigger the whorl, the coarser the fiber, the thicker the yarn; the smaller the whorl, the finer the fiber, the smaller the yarn. Currently in Stock