Spinning Wheel
| Spinning Wheel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 5 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 50 |
| Build Tools | Claw Hammer |
| Recipes | 3 |
| Crafts | Farming |
| Location | Built |
The Spinning Wheel is a wooden wheel for spinning raw fibre into Thread and Yarn. The game describes it as a station that spins Thread or Yarn from Flax or Wool.
It links Farming and animal care to Tailoring. Heckled flax from the flax line becomes Thread here. Raw Wool becomes Thread or Yarn. Thread then goes to a Loom for cloth, or into Tailoring work. The wheel comes late in the flax line, after the Ripple Comb, the Scutching Board and the Heckle Comb. It is the most demanding of the fibre stations to build. The survivor builds it from planks, nails and long sticks.
The wheel is the steady supply of Thread once the towns are picked clean. Thread is used across Tailoring for sewing clothes, bags and bedding. Yarn feeds the knitting recipes for warm hats, scarves and socks.
How to Build Spinning Wheel
The build recipe is called Spinning Wheel and sits under Farming in the build menu. It takes four Plank, four Nails and three Long Stick. A hammer is needed and is kept.
The builder needs Carpentry level 5. The build gives 50 Carpentry experience. The recipe is known from the start.
Carpentry level 5 is higher than the other fibre stations ask for. Plan to raise Carpentry before the flax harvest is ready to spin.
The wheel can be picked up and moved like other furniture once built.
The Spinning Wheel recipe is in the Farming build menu. It needs Carpentry level 5.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Plank | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
| Nails | 
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4x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
| Long Stick | 
|
3x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
How to Use Spinning Wheel
Spinning runs as a recipe at the wheel. One fibre item goes in, and one Thread or Yarn comes out. The fibre is the whole input.
A Loom needs a great deal of Thread for a single roll of cloth. Long spinning sessions at the wheel come before any serious weaving.
The fibre comes from two places. Flax (Heckled) comes from the Heckle Comb at the end of the flax line. Raw Wool comes from shearing sheep with Shears. Wool skips every station of the flax line and goes straight to the wheel.
Crafted Thread comes off the wheel in a random colour.
Crafting Recipes
Spin Thread from Flax turns Flax (Heckled) into Thread. This is the end of the plant fibre line.
Spin Thread From Wool turns Raw Wool into Thread. Spin Yarn From Wool turns Raw Wool into Yarn instead. Wool gives a choice between the two, while flax gives only thread.
Thread goes to the Loom for Cheese Cloth or a Cotton Fabric Roll.
Every recipe here asks for no skill and are known from the start.
Yarn goes into knitting, which needs knitting needles. Knit Beanie, Knit Scarf, Knit Socks and Knit Wool Hat are some of the knitting recipes. They must be learned first. The Woolly Yarns magazines, the Sewer trait and the Tailor occupation teach them.
Every recipe made at the Spinning Wheel is listed with what it uses up, the tools it hands back and the skill it asks for. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned before it shows up.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thread | 
|
Spin Thread from Flax | 1x Flax (Heckled) | - | None | No | /additem Base.Thread
|
| Thread |
|
Spin Thread From Wool | 1x Raw Wool | - | None | No | /additem Base.Thread
|
| Yarn | 
|
Spin Yarn From Wool | 1x Raw Wool | - | None | No | /additem Base.Yarn
|
Notes
- The build tooltip reads: allows spinning Thread or Yarn from Flax or Wool.
- Carpentry level 5 is needed to build it.
- Each fibre item gives one Thread or Yarn, so large harvests matter.
- Raw Wool can become either Thread or Yarn.
- Wool from sheared sheep goes straight to the wheel with no other station.
- Place it next to the Heckle Comb and the Loom to keep the cloth line together.
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