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Julia!

I’m in the middle of shipping club so I have to be brief. I had to come here, though and give you a little preview of Louet’s Julia. They landed at the shop yesterday and I’ve got one all set up. I swear, I haven’t touched her yet and it’s driving me batty. The second shipping is done today though, I have some yarn to spin…

This is how she arrives (well, once you remove all the stuff from the box).
juliastuff
Louet finally has some really good instructions!
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Not that you need them. The wheel is as easy to put together as the others.
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Let’s hit some high points:

  • 4 ratios standard 19:1 is the highest but you can add a high speed kit and get 27:1
  • You don’t need to remove the drive band to get off the bobbin!
  • The flyer snaps in - this is the easiest bobbin change ever
  • It’s light. I need to set it on the scale but it’s deceptively light
  • Scotch tension!
  • until the stock runs out, it comes with a free Lazy Kate that is NOT attached to the wheel.
  • Did I mention the high speed ratios?

    • After I spin on it some, I’ll let you know more. I’m adding the high speed kit to this one this afternoon and we’ll see what ridiculously thin something I can spin on it. Ok, I’m going back to shipping…..

    PS - I almost forgot. This POST is one that the fabulous Abby wrote about Julia. And while we’re speaking of the fantastic Abby… I need to mention that I have some of her Batts coming into the shop. She wrote a bit about it HERE.

    Posted by AmyBoogie on April 25th, 2008 Filed in Spunky Eclectic

    6 Responses to “Julia!”

    1. loribird Says:
      April 25th, 2008 at 9:48 am

      Gah! WANT (10,000)
      Must. Drive. To. Lisbon. Try. New. Wheel.
      (My birthday’s not until July, but I think I know what I need this year…)

    2. Amy Says:
      April 25th, 2008 at 9:58 am

      neato bandito! She sure is cute.

    3. Mouse Says:
      April 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am

      I’m curious as to what type of bobbin the Louet Julia takes.. is it a different type than the others? I have an old Louet S-10 and my only problem with it was the expense of the bobbins. I’m looking for a DT wheel because of a back injury but I definitely want to go with another Louet and I’d like to be able to interchange the bobbins.

    4. Abby Franquemont Says:
      April 25th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

      A couple of answers to some questions I’ve already been hearing, FWIW:

      1. Are the bobbins interchangeable with Victoria? YES (they certainly seemed to be, but I wanted to be SURE!)
      2. Is the high-speed kit interchangeable with Victoria? YES; at top speed on Julia, it’s 27:1
      3. Is the lazy kate available separately? Expected to be in mid-June
      4. Will the Victoria WooLee Winder from Robert Lee & Sons (thewooleewinder.com) fit the Julia? It should, as the flyers are the same.

      The bobbins are not interchangeable with the bobbin lead Louets (anything other than Julia, Victoria, and S-45), and are not interchangeable with the S-45 bobbins either. But everything’s interchangeable between Victoria and Julia. Mmmmm.

    5. Jennifer Says:
      April 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

      What a nice little wheel!

    6. julia fc Says:
      April 25th, 2008 at 8:16 pm

      Yeah?
      oh, you mean the wheel.
      For a minute there I thought I’d done something wrong.

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