The Sanfords of Newtown, CT
by Sue Bacheller
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Sue Bacheller of Plainville, MA,
has a double-flyer wheel marked J. Sanford. This led her to study the Sanford family of
Newtown, CT, who, fortunately for us, signed their spinning wheels. Because the original
Sanford in Newtown was one of the founders of the town, records were kept of his
descendants, and they are mentioned in town histories. Sue researched them in her usual
thorough manner. Photo: Josiah Sanford, from The History of Fairfield County Connecticut, by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1881 |
Sanford Family Spinning Wheels
by Florence Feldman-Wood
| The Sanfords made
several types of double-flyer wheels that are very distinctive. I compare the examples of
Sanford wheels that we have found so far. In upcoming issues I will discuss similar
double-flyer wheels by other wheel makers in that area of Connecticut who were
contemporaries of the Sanfords. Photos |
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Four Small Spindle Wheels
by Susie Henzie
| In her
vast collection of textile tools, Susie Henzie of Los Angles, CA, has some small spindle
wheels. She describes two from Asia and two from Africa and tells how she acquired them. All photos from the collection of Susie Henzie |
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The Henzie Collection of Textile Tools
by Florence Feldman-Wood
| Last February my husband, Peter Wood, and I had a wonderful visit with Susie and her husband, George Henzie. Susie kept apologizing because it was raining and we couldn't go sightseeing. Peter reassured her that "Florence is in heaven. Where else could she be surrounded by so many interesting spinning wheels?" My description of the Henzie collection can only give you an idea of how much fun it was. |
An Adaptation of the Friction Spindle
by Laura Gustafson
| Laura Gustafson of North Branch,
MN, adapted the friction spindle presented by Peter Teal in Issue #24. The new version can
be held in your lap and you can spin to the right or the left. Photo: Friction spindle from the collection of Laura Gustafson |
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