Ok, folks..some of you know I've been lusting after a wheel for freaking ever. I've been putting lil bits of money into a jar at my house, haunting Craigslist on a daily basis and generally believing that 'the right' wheel would present itself at the right time, keeping all that universal karma copacetic, yada yada yada.
Sure enough, it did and I did and now we have what appears to be a homemade, handmade spinning wheel here at the house along with a set of carders and a box of horribly deteriorated quilts with a lot of perfectly useable wool batting in between the layers. It needs some fixing up and I'm scheduling with my LYS's spinning instructor to go over it and figure out how to make it go but it looks damn good as is..someone loved this wheel and now I do too.
Look at how carefully someone repaired this split in the wheel...
The carders are interesting also..they have "M Ward" imprinted faintly on the back and appear to be in reasonable shape although I'll have to let Meg be the judge of that..
4 comments:
I am so excited for you. I cannot wait to see your first spun item. How wonderful!!!!
Hugs!!!!
What a find. I too will be watching for your first your spun yarn
I saw you comment on the Yarn Harlot about wanting to come to Madison to see the Yarn Harlot. You know, there's a bus that runs from Chicago to Madison multiple times during the day. It stops at various locations on the way, including O'Hare. It's called the Van Galder bus.
Gail, hey..How very NICE of you to offer an answer to getting me to a venue Stephanie is at! Thank you so much!
As it turns out, a knitting shop in Oak Lawn (nana's knitting) has scheduled with her as a sponsor and she's appearing at the Hilton there at the end of April! I'm so excited!
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