I was a spinner years before I was a knitter and one of my favourite spinning wheels to use is my antique Little Peggy wheel by John Rappard.

Rappard is long retired from wheel making, but from what I can gather, he made a few different wheels in his time, including another, later portable upright called the Wee Peggy and a Norwegian style called Mitzy.

This is a Little Peggy, the reciept shows it was bought for $120 in 1976. It’s a copy of a very old Shetland wheel, and was sold assembled and polished.

It’s an upright and very easily transportable, with the onboard lazy kate there at the front. This one fits strapped into the front seat of my old Lancer, making it a great wheel to take to spin ins and guild meetings.

It can be used with a Scotch or Double Drive tension.