Kromski Fantasia Spinning Wheel

2026 Color of the Year: Meadow Green Fantasia. Limited to 100 units worldwide, each personally signed by Daniel Kromski.

The Fantasia is Kromski's modern wheel and the fun one: a compact upright from the same family workshop as their traditional line, with a curved sweep of real walnut or colored wood overlaid on the MDF drive wheel. It's also the wheel Kromski picks for its limited edition colors. Easy to carry room to room, but it doesn't fold: if you need a wheel that packs into a backpack for classes and travel, that's the Kromski Sonata Encore.

We keep the Fantasia in stock. If the finish you choose isn't on our shelf right now, we order it in from Kromski and that typically adds one to two weeks before your wheel ships. Questions before you order, or any problem after it arrives? Call the shop and talk to a real person. We'll make it right.

A rare earth magnet holds the flyer on its spindle: pull it off with a firm tug and the bobbin slides free, with no drive band to unhook and nothing to unscrew. Flyer, bobbin and whorl are three separate pieces. Fill two bobbins with singles, click the third on empty, and ply straight off the built-in kate: the box finishes a two-ply on its own.

A ratio is how many times the flyer turns for one turn of the drive wheel: more turns, more twist in your yarn per treadle. The included whorl is the slow pair, which suits learning: 5:1 and 8:1 add twist gently, giving new hands time to draft, and they're the everyday range for DK and worsted. Three more whorls take the same wheel from 4:1 bulky singles up to 20:1 laceweight, in the table below. The bobbin change needs no tools, a whorl swap takes the included 2mm hex key on one small set screw, and the sliding hooks slide along the flyer arm so yarn lays down evenly instead of piling up in one spot. The scotch tension brake is a single knob that sets how firmly the wheel pulls yarn in, a forgiving system to learn on: start light and nudge it up a touch as the bobbin fills.

It treadles easily and starts soft, and the flyer and wheel turn on sealed ball bearings, so it runs smooth and quiet. Pushed hard and fast, a 12.5 pound upright can rock a little, so if you treadle aggressively, or you're aiming at sport, fingering, or lace right from the start, add the Standard Fast whorl: more twist in every treadle, so fine yarn comes at a calm cadence.

The wheel arrives flat-packed with Kromski's illustrated step-by-step assembly booklet. A screwdriver and the included hex key cover the whole job. Tie your first leader on with a double slip knot and snug it down so it can't spin on the bobbin core.

Upkeep is a drop of oil now and then on the bobbin ends, the spindle tip, and the footman joints. The treadle hinges take candle wax instead of oil, straight from Kromski's own manual.

Included with your Fantasia Spinning Wheel:

• 3 bobbins (up to 190g/6.7oz capacity, Kromski's current spec)
• On-board Lazy Kate (2 bobbin capacity)
• Elastic drive band
• 2mm hex key (for whorl changes)
• Spinning Wheel Oil
• Threading Hook
• 5 year manufacturer warranty

Available finishing:

• Unfinished
• Clear Finished
• Walnut
• Eco Unfinished and Eco Finished (built from wood with darker, deeper grain than the standard stock, so each Eco wheel is one of a kind)
• Special Limited Edition Colors

Measurements:

• Assembled Height : 79cm (31 1/8 in.)
• Assembled Width : 51cm (20 in.)
• Assembled Depth : 44.5cm (17 1/2 in.) with the carrying handle, 42cm (16 1/2 in.) without it
• Orifice Height : 71.5cm (28 1/8 in.), floor to the center of the orifice
• Wheel Diameter : 46cm (18 inches)
• Orifice Diameter : 10mm (3/8 in.)
• Total Wheel weight : 5.7kg (12.5 lbs)

Whorl ratios (on the Fantasia's 18 inch drive wheel):

All four whorls fit the standard flyer. The Extra Slow also comes inside the Jumbo Flyer Set, so skip buying it separately if you're getting the kit.

Features:

• Made in Poland by Kromski and Sons, three generations of family wood turners
• Wood Wheel Frame & Base
• Strong and durable premium MDF wheel
• Matte finish metal carrying handle
• Standard and Jumbo flyer available
• Durable brass bearings on treadles
• Hushed plastic bearings in bobbins
• Single Drive with Scotch Tension
• Double Treadle