Spinner Birthday Treat!
Yesterday was my birthday and I couldn't have wished for a better day. Lots of birthday wishes, great presents and dinner out with hubby. The icing on the cake, was this beauty:
Every year - the second weekend in September - one of the local churches has a big sale to raise funds. We go every year and always find great toys, clothes and games. This year, the spinning wheel was sitting pretty in a corner and caught my eye immediately. You couldn't ask for a better match. There's me, wanting to join the spinner crowd and salivating when reading about how much fun other bloggers are having spinning their own yarn (you know who you are - guilty as charged!), and there's the spinning wheel yearning for a new home - and at a great price. So, there we have it - after a sobering cup of coffee and a chat - we went back and the wheel was still waiting for me. A match made in heaven.
I can't find a manufacturer's mark on the wheel (and I've been told and can see it's a machine-made wheel), so if any of you spinning pros recognize this spinning wheel, please drop me a comment.
My husband got the honour of carrying the wheel to the car and he created quite a stir. There's something sentimental about a spinning wheel. People were asking him if he was the spinner, joking about buying sheep next and one guy came up to him to tell him how his wife makes yarn from their dog's hair combined with wool. Yup, my wheel was quite the celebrity and I think hubby was quietly basking in the limelight.
In other knitting news, I'm making slow but sure progress on my mother's birthday present. Here are a couple new pictures.
I've written up the pattern and posted it here, for those of you that may be interested.
I've also started on the Norwegian cardigan for myself. Having lots of fun knitting intarsia, which I haven't had a chance to in a while.
