Tuesday, March 17, 2009

She Followed Me Home!


This is the wheel on which I learned to spin: a Country Craftsman saxony wheel, the guild's loaner. She's beautiful and smart. She needs repair, though - her footman is damaged, her leathers need replacing, her drivewheel is warped. While I'm ordering repair parts, I'll go ahead and order a few extra bobbins (she came with 4, and a 4-bobbin lazy kate).

She was languishing in a storage shed, with stuff piled on and around her, neglected and unloved. The guild is wanting to sell some unused equipment, including this wheel. (They now have a new Schacht Ladybug for loaning to new spinners.) I have great sentimental attachment to her, and will spend the money to fix her myself.

Isn't she lovely?

4 comments:

  1. One could never turn there back on their first love. she's beautiful.

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  2. sigh, I love a happy ending ;-)

    (I'm sure she is glad that you didn't forget her)

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  3. How wonderful! Glad you will take the time to get her spin-worthy again.

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  4. Welcome home to the sweet wheel!

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