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.
Comments (16)
Happy Birthday! Love the colors you're using on the cardigan!
Posted by Carrie | September 9, 2007 3:48 PM
Posted on September 9, 2007 15:48
Happy Birthday! What a great present - enjoy your new wheel and can't wait to see the yarn you spin!
Posted by Jeanne | September 10, 2007 2:04 AM
Posted on September 10, 2007 02:04
Congratulations, lucky you, you got a wheel!
Posted by keri | September 10, 2007 6:03 AM
Posted on September 10, 2007 06:03
Happy Birthday, and congratulations! I'm so envious! (Yes, I know I just got a wheel, but that's a different one!) It looks beautiful. I wish I could tell you what it is, but I don't know. Someone will, I'm sure.
Posted by Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) | September 10, 2007 10:38 AM
Posted on September 10, 2007 10:38
Happy happy birthday! Have fun with your new toy!
Posted by tiennie | September 10, 2007 11:01 AM
Posted on September 10, 2007 11:01
What a lucky find! It is beautiful. It looks a little like my Ashford wheel, but the mother of all is different than mine. Check out this picture:
http://www.joyofhandspinning.com/wheel-parts.shtml
Posted by becky c. | September 10, 2007 11:54 AM
Posted on September 10, 2007 11:54
Lucky you! What a great birthday present.
Your WIPs are looking great.
Posted by del | September 10, 2007 1:55 PM
Posted on September 10, 2007 13:55
Happy Birthday! That's one of the best present that a knitter will wish for. Congrats on acquiring the wheel & Happy Spinning.
Posted by Ann | September 10, 2007 5:12 PM
Posted on September 10, 2007 17:12
Happy Birthday! What a wonderful present. I hope that you enjoy many years of spinning on it.
Posted by Kathleen | September 10, 2007 9:47 PM
Posted on September 10, 2007 21:47
what a fabulous present!
hope your birthday was fantastic......
thanks for the pattern...that is going to be beautiful!
Posted by leslie | September 11, 2007 12:52 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 00:52
Happy Birthday and enjoy your new treasure!
Posted by Opal | September 11, 2007 1:53 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 01:53
Oh my, what a birthday treat! Have fun spinning, I'll try not to be too jealous :)
Posted by Bea | September 13, 2007 11:45 AM
Posted on September 13, 2007 11:45
Hope you had a happy birthday! You share a birthday with my sister. :)
Posted by Jen | September 13, 2007 4:40 PM
Posted on September 13, 2007 16:40
You are so right, the look of a wheel is so....comfortable and creative, you just KNOW the most creative person in the world lives in the house when you walk in the home of someone with a wheel!! I've not caught the spinning bug, but I LOVE wheels!
Loving Mom's gift and your cardi is very lovely!
Posted by Becka | September 14, 2007 2:43 PM
Posted on September 14, 2007 14:43
happy belated birthday to you!! what a lovely gift you received from your hubby! :) your mom's bday present and the cardi look great!
Posted by rhoda | September 14, 2007 10:47 PM
Posted on September 14, 2007 22:47
Hello, hello! Where'd you go?
Posted by tiennie | October 12, 2007 11:54 PM
Posted on October 12, 2007 23:54