Fantasia
The Kromski engineered for the modern spinner. Magnetic quick-change flyer, sealed ball bearings, double treadle, and a weighted drive wheel that parks with one treadle down so restarts come easy.
See the Fantasia →How to Choose Your Kromski Spinning Wheel
Which spinning wheel? It's the question that gets every new spinner stuck. Kromski makes seven of them, and one of them is yours.
Four are Saxonies, including one Norwegian, two are castle wheels, and one folds into a backpack. They share the same hardwoods, the same bobbins, and the same five-year warranty, all made by three generations of one family in Wolsztyn, Poland. They don't share a job, though: some are flagships, some are first wheels, and one is built to disappear into the trunk of a car.
Read it through, jump to the wheel picker, or come spin them in person at our Spokane shop. Call ahead at (509) 536-7746 and we will have the wheel you want set up and ready to spin when you arrive. We are at 225 West Indiana Avenue, Monday through Saturday, 10 to 5.
A quick look at each wheel
Polonaise
Carved like an heirloom and treadled like an engineer designed it. Twenty-four-inch wheel, single treadle, switchable drives, the most ornate turning Kromski makes, and metal pin-and-socket hub bearings that no other Kromski uses.
See the Polonaise →Symphony
The wheel people draw when you ask them to draw a spinning wheel. Twenty-four-inch wheel, double treadle, switchable between single and double drive, and the widest ratio range in the lineup.
See the Symphony →Minstrel
The vertical castle wheel that handles fine worsted and corespun art yarn from the same compact footprint. Eighteen-inch wheel, double treadle, switchable drives, and the only Kromski that takes the Great Flyer Set for chunky, textured singles.
See the Minstrel →Prelude
The Saxony you can afford as your first wheel and still be spinning on it twenty years from now. Nine pounds, eighteen-inch wheel, single treadle, single drive, and the lowest price of the seven.
See the Prelude →Interlude
The Saxony silhouette without taking up the floor space a Saxony usually demands. Twenty-one-and-a-half-inch wheel, eleven pounds, single drive, single treadle, and a built-in three-bobbin lazy kate.
See the Interlude →Sonata Encore
A full-size wheel that folds to twenty-two by nineteen-and-a-half by seven inches and ships in its own padded backpack. Three minutes from car trunk to spinning, magnetic head, sealed ball bearings, double treadle.
See the Sonata Encore →Why a Kromski
Kromski is a family. Three generations of one, working out of the same Wolsztyn workshop their grandfather started in 1918. The shop closed twice, once for the war and once for Communism, and reopened both times. The wheels you spin on today are made by Wojciech Kromski, the engineer of the family, and his son Daniel, the designer. Daniel signs each Color of the Year Fantasia by hand.
The wood is European alder, grown on farms within fifty kilometers of the workshop, plus birch where the part calls for it. Every wheel ships with a five-year warranty. Bobbins are universal across the line, so the bobbin you fill on a Prelude today fits the Symphony you might buy in ten years. None of that is marketing. It's how they have always done it.
What you are choosing among, then, is not seven different products from seven different places. It is seven answers to the same question, hand-turned in the same shop, by the same family, from wood grown in the same fields. The differences below are real, but they are differences of intent. Every one of them is a Kromski.
Find your match
A few quick questions and we will land you on the wheel that fits how you spin. Answer one, get the next. Or browse every path at once if you would rather see the menu.
Question 1
Will this wheel travel with you?
Your match
Prelude
A real Kromski Saxony at the lowest price in the line. Nine pounds, eighteen-inch wheel, single treadle, single drive. Same Polish family workshop, same alder, same five-year warranty as the flagships, and the kind of wheel you can spin on for twenty years if you take care of it.
See the Prelude
Your match
Interlude
The only mid-size production Saxony anyone makes today. Twenty-one-and-a-half-inch drive wheel, eleven pounds, single drive, single treadle, and a three-bobbin lazy kate built right into the bench. The Saxony silhouette without giving up the room a flagship Saxony demands.
See the Interlude
Your match
Symphony
The wheel people draw when you ask them to draw a spinning wheel. Twenty-four-inch drive wheel, double treadle, switchable between single and double drive, the widest ratio range Kromski makes. Built to be the centerpiece of a room and to spin everything from laceweight to bulky from the same bench.
See the Symphony
Your match
Polonaise
Carved like an heirloom and treadled like an engineer designed it. Twenty-four-inch drive wheel, single treadle, switchable single or double drive, the most ornate turning Kromski makes, and metal pin-and-socket hub bearings that no other Kromski uses. The single-treadle Norwegian Saxony for spinners who want a showpiece that also works.
See the Polonaise
Your match
Fantasia
The Kromski engineered for the modern spinner. Magnetic quick-change flyer, sealed ball bearings, double treadle, and a weighted drive wheel that parks with one treadle down so restarts come easy. Available each year in a numbered Color of the Year edition signed by Daniel Kromski.
See the Fantasia
Your match
Minstrel
The vertical castle wheel that handles fine worsted and corespun art yarn from the same compact footprint. Eighteen-inch drive wheel, double treadle, switchable single or double drive. The only Kromski that takes the Great Flyer Set for chunky textured singles, so when the project calls for it, the wheel grows with you.
See the Minstrel
Your match
Sonata Encore
A full-size, double-treadle wheel that folds to twenty-two by nineteen-and-a-half by seven inches and ships in its own padded backpack. Three minutes from car trunk to spinning. Magnetic flyer head and sealed ball bearings, just like the Fantasia. A real wheel that fits in a closet, not a compromise that travels.
See the Sonata EncoreOr browse every path at once
- First-time spinner on a budget → Prelude
- Modern beginner who likes good engineering → Fantasia
- Wheel that folds flat for storage and transport → Sonata Encore
- Carry-friendly modern wheel for guild meetings and classes → Fantasia
- Saxony lover with limited floor space → Interlude
- Heirloom buyer, double treadle, widest ratios → Symphony
- Heirloom buyer, single treadle, ornate Norwegian Saxony → Polonaise
- Castle spinner or art-yarn spinner → Minstrel
Still not sure?
No rush. Spinning wheels are a long-term decision, and the right one is worth taking the time to get right. Three ways to keep going.
Compare them side by side
All seven wheels in one table. Drive wheel size, treadle, ratios, weight, finish options, price, the whole spec sheet.
Read the FAQ
Drive systems, bobbin compatibility, what to expect from your first month, the questions every spinner asks before they buy.
Or just call us
We have all seven Kromski wheels in our Spokane shop. Five minutes on the phone with someone who has spun on every one of them is worth more than any guide.
(509) 536-7746