Imagine coming up with this design.

It looks like a combination of two Norwegian styles, with the small table from a double-table style

grafted on to a slanty with decorative bits in between.

It is brilliant, actually, giving the stability of a flat table and a small footprint.

The design requires struts, which makes for a lovely profile.

The legs emerge from the end of the table

often with bubble-type turnings.

Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, little is known about these wheels.

They are assumed to be Norwegian, but I do not think any particular region of origin has been identified.

Some have maker’s marks, many do not. In the U.S., they are most often referred to as “broken-table” slanties (or super slanties).

They come in all different styles, many with elaborate turnings.

Sif is unlike any other I have seen because of her wood.

It is lightweight but has a very wide, strong grain.

Her surfaces were not varnished or smoothed and the grain is somewhat raised.

It gives her a fantastic texture not found in many wheels.

She is an excellent spinner and her light weight makes her easy to transport.

While she did not come with a distaff, there are two distaff holes, one with a cap.

The mother-of-all has a slider for positioning the flyer, similar to the BESS wheels in the previous post. A wooden screw under the table tightens the MOA in place.

The axle rests in a metal-clad depression in the angled upright supports,

held in place with a wooden screw.

A unique feature to Sif is a little wooden pin for securing the footman to the treadle.

The footman appears to be original.

The mid-sized flyer

rests in an open-topped leather bearing on the orifice end.

There is some roughness in the bobbin and whorl edges, due to how the coarse-grained wood has worn.

The maidens are simply turned.

Sif was for sale in northern Wisconsin by the manager of a retirement home. He was selling it for one of the residents who needed to downsize her belongings. Sadly, none of her children wanted the wheel. It always feels tremendously satisfying to rescue an unwanted wheel, bring it back to spinning life, and, ultimately, pass it on to another caretaker who will use it and cherish its unique qualities.