There's a local library that uses the Cutter system, and I've never quite figured it out. This post sent me into a bit of reading about it. I think I'm still confused ... thankfully librarians are helpful.
That wheel looks like it might spin with a little repair, That's the treadle sitting on the "table"; it needs re-attachingl. Hard to say what else it might need. An interesting disfaff for holding wool or flax for spinning.
Such interesting things in this library. As always, I enjoyed your visit vicariously.
This wheel definitely seemed like a museum artifact and not an item anyone planned on using. But it’s good to know that if a spinner walked in there they would know how to make it work. Could still happen.
There's a local library that uses the Cutter system, and I've never quite figured it out. This post sent me into a bit of reading about it. I think I'm still confused ... thankfully librarians are helpful.
I learned from a comment on Bluesky that the Forbes Library in Northampton MA uses it! I haven’t researched so I don’t know which others do.
That's the one :)
That wheel looks like it might spin with a little repair, That's the treadle sitting on the "table"; it needs re-attachingl. Hard to say what else it might need. An interesting disfaff for holding wool or flax for spinning.
Such interesting things in this library. As always, I enjoyed your visit vicariously.
Alice
This wheel definitely seemed like a museum artifact and not an item anyone planned on using. But it’s good to know that if a spinner walked in there they would know how to make it work. Could still happen.
Those catalogue notes were from the 1930s ?????
I think the numbers refer to April 2025 and the numbers after are a count of some sort. Not that old! Quite recent!