Because sometimes you want just a nibble to see whether you need to bite.
Wool Mountain offers fibre equipment rentals: tools for handspinners, feltmakers and beginner weavers.
- By Producer Member Maureen Winnicki-Lyons of Wool Mountain
Aligning Winnipeg (and surrounding area) with the same sort of rental services offered in larger urban centres, Wool Mountain opted to get into the sideline of equipment rentals because when we began our journey down the rabbit hole of textile arts, it struck us there was need. How does one know they’ll find value in purchasing a brand-new 1K drum carder if they’ve never used a drum carder before? How does one justify investing thousands of dollars on a spinning wheel without seeing first-hand what wheel fits their body and/or lifestyle? Would I purchase a $600 loom if I’ve never woven before? What size is too big? The smallest might be too small. Does it fit in my lap or on my coffee table? Then, having acquired the coveted tool, how will I learn to use it? What if I find hand-spinning or weaving or carding batts is not, in fact, to my liking…. and I’m left finding a way to resell or recover the cost of that short-lived experiment. What then? ‘Too bad I can’t just try a rental and have first a taste of the textile art I hope to master,’ a person is left to ponder. Now, people CAN try various tools through equipment rentals. We offer it.
Equipment for rent by day or week includes delivery and pickup plus a crash-course on how-to operate. Find spinning wheels from most manufacturers, hand-turned drum carders, large frame looms, rigid heddle looms in various sizes, and more:
Wheels
Ashford Joy (Double Treadle)
Louet S10 (Single Treadle)
Kromski Minstrel (Double Treadle)
Kromski Fantasia (Double Treadle)
Ashford Traditional (Single Treadle)
Louet Hatbox (Limited Edition)
Lendrum (Double Treadle)
Schacht Matchless (Single Treadle)
Various flyer sizes
Drum Carders
Ashford 125 (superfine)
Louet 75 (coarse)
Rigid Heddle Looms
10 12 24 32 widths
Various Reeds
Equipment is subject to availability. Rates on request. Comprehensive lessons are also available through our educational component, MWLminiMakers. We teach handspinning, skirting and scouring, fibre preparation, hand-dyeing, botanical print, natural dyeing, feltmaking, tapestry weaving, rigid heddle weaving, and work with hand-painting acrylic inks, fabric paint, and mixed media.
MWL Wool Mountain is where you find Mindfulness is in The Making. Our specialty is 200+ unique breeds of wool from near and far but we also offer a variety of hand-crafted and hand-dyed goods, and weaving, felting and handspinning kits, as well as all manners of workshops and equipment rentals. Plus Handspun Sugar Batts for Your Belly otherwise known as cotton candy!
Learn more at MWL Wool Mountain