Beginner’s Info: Part 5 So, you’ve decided to get a spinning wheel, you lucky you. Spinning wheels are the sports cars of the fiber world. There’s just this aura around them. A feeling of mystery which can be very thrilling, but when it comes to picking out a wheel it can get in the way. [...]
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What Am I Looking At?
Posted in Beginner Info, The Wheel Itself, tagged beginner, choosing a wheel, drive band, helpful tips, information, links, spinning wheel, treadle on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So You Want To Spin?
Posted in Beginner Info, Drop Spindle, Fiber, The Wheel Itself, tagged beginner, Drop Spindle, Etsy, Hobby Lobby, how to, links, Paradise Fibers, roving, spinner, spinning wheel on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beginner’s Info: Part 1 So you want to learn to spin? Good for you. You’re about to be initiated into the wonderful craft of spinning. Or, to turn it into its most basic process, the art of taking a handful of something and making into gorgeous yarns. If you’re interested in spinning, chances are you’ve [...]
Crochet Frenzy
Posted in Project Progress, The Wheel Itself, Walking Wheel, tagged Blueprint Crochet, cochineal dyed, flax wheel, merino, merino+silk, Robyn Chachula, sweater on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been crocheting away for the past week or so, working on the merino sweater, and now I’ve finished the body piece! It fits quite well, and I’m excited to see how it will block.
A Discovery
Posted in The Wheel Itself, tagged antique spinning wheel, decorative rings, G. P. Adams & Co, milk paint, unknown wheel on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got to looking closely at my spinning wheel. The light was hitting it just right and I could see marks through the milk-paint finish on it. It looks like there are decorative rings around the spokes in the flywheel, on the maidens, the knob, and around the footmen.
’08 to ’09
Posted in Finished Project, New Year's Dash, The Wheel Itself, Yarn, tagged 2009, New Year, New Zealand wool on January 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Wow. 2009 snuck up on me. It’s so exciting to have a brand new year stretching before me. Although remembering to put /09 on my checks will take some work. And speaking of some work, here is the sum total of the New Year’s Dash. (“After,” minus the sock yarn from Gawain, which is already [...]
