Meet the SpinOlution Bullfrog Spinning Wheel. Now, before you start thinking I’ve gone off the deep end, diving into some fairytale about frogs and princesses, let me set the record straight. The Bullfrog is the big sister of the ever popular SpinOlution Pollywog. Same design just larger.

Best Beginner Spinning Wheels - Modern - Ergonomic - Simple

There are a lot of spinning wheels out there. Some are better than others, and some make it easier to learn how to spin. We've picked the three best beginner spinning wheels from SpinOlution so you can get started with your very first yarns!

If you’re new to the world of spinning your own yarn you may be confused about what the term “ lazy kate” even means. Who is Kate? Why is she lazy, how will this lazy woman ever help me with my spinning? Perhaps a distant cousin of Lazy Susan? Well I’m not sure why this spinning tool is called a Lazy Kate but I do know that they are one of the most useful tools I can think of for spining. The long and short of it is that you use a Kate to hold your bobbins full of single ply yarn so that they can spin freely while you are plying your yarn. This is useful no matter if you you are doing a basic double ply or something more fancy like a chain ply. In a pinch you could just put your bobbins or balls of yarn into a shoebox to keep them from running off but this is not ideal at all because they will still be bumping around and possibly damaging fine delicate singles. If you are newer to spinning your singles may not have a firm enough twist and could start to come apart on you with all of the bumping around. This is where the Lazy Kate comes into play. The standard Lazy Kate will hold your bobbins up right on rods letting you ply easily while they free spin. Some spinning wheels have an attached lazy Kate like the pollywog, bullfrog, or bees. The Modular spinning wheels, Echo, Firefly, and Monarch are best used with the attachable standard lazy kate. This accessories can be used either attached or free standing on the floor.

Find out the top 4 reasons I think that these spinolution spinning wheels are the best spinning wheel on the market today.

They have a wide range of bobbin sizes and features. The big bobbins and the open face orifice make it very accessible that way while having the fastest spinning ratios, meaning that you can spend very fine easily because you've got a really smooth and really quick spinning ratio at the same time. And then the really lightweight 3d printed bobbins,four-ounce and eight-ounce bobbins really are great for fine spinning. You end up having the wheel range options where you can really go between the really big and the really fast I definitely think this is what sets these wheels apart.

I was so excited when my friend Renee who had recently ordered a Monarch Spinning Wheel wanted to write this blog. I don’t currently have a monarch ( the upgraded Mach 3) so I always love hearing about them from my friends. I so hope you enjoy this info from Renee as much as I have.