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DianeM
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To beg, borrow or ? a spinning wheelWe are moving to London in one month and, having just got back into spinning, I am miserable at having to leave behind my dear Wee Peggy.
I NEED A WHEEL!
I have some ideas:
a) If you bought a wheel in a fit of enthusiasm and aren't using it much I will happily babysit it for a year in return for spinning up some of the huge bags of fibre you bought with it 
b) I will give spinning lessons in return for the use of a wheel
c) I will buy an unwanted wheel as long as it is not too expensive - don't want to splash out too much when I won't have it very long.
Let me know if you can help 
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Catherinechaos
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If you can find your local Spinners Weavers and Dyers Guild, not sure where it would be in London but I will try and find out, you can borrow one from them if you join. I'm doing that with our Guild, and I've got a drum carder as well! Hours of fun.
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Spinning Fishwife
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Yes, your local Guild will often have a wheel to rent, though it`s usually on a month to month basis as other folk might want to rent it too.
For cheap wheels, try Ebay UK. If you don`t necessarily want a popular make of wheel like an Ashford you can pick up some real bargains. And of course, you`ll probably be able to sell it for much the same amount of money as you paid for it.
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