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January 24th 07, 06:43 AM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo
Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours.  http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/wheel.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... VP 
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January 24th 07, 07:44 AM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
"Vintage Purls" wrote in message ps.com... Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours. http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/wheel.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... Lovely pics Thanks for sharing)
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January 24th 07, 07:57 AM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
Vintage Purls wrote:
Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours. http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/wheel.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... VP I second Ophelia, great. Dennis
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January 24th 07, 03:37 PM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
Vintage Purls wrote:
Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours. http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/wheel.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... VP That is soooo neat. I would love to learn how to spin. Though, I guess I'd have to find some place for the spinning wheel... I'm not sure my roommate would put up with that in our 9x10 room... haha. -- Abigail Palmer www.abbyknits.com
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January 24th 07, 04:02 PM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:37:05 -0500, Abigail Palmer
wrote: That is soooo neat. I would love to learn how to spin. Though, I guess I'd have to find some place for the spinning wheel... I'm not sure my roommate would put up with that in our 9x10 room... haha. Two words: drop spindle
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January 25th 07, 08:59 AM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
On Jan 25, 4:37 am, Abigail Palmer wrote: Though, I guess I'd have to find some place for the spinning wheel... I'm not sure my roommate would put up with that in our 9x10 room... haha. Or, if you don't fancy the drop spindle approach, you can get compact wheels: http://www.ashford.co.nz/spinning/joy-dt.htm I'd start saving now though, they don't come cheap. VP
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January 25th 07, 09:09 PM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
Abigail Palmer wrote:
Vintage Purls wrote: Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours. http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/wheel.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... VP That is soooo neat. I would love to learn how to spin. Though, I guess I'd have to find some place for the spinning wheel... I'm not sure my roommate would put up with that in our 9x10 room... haha. When I was in college my roommate had a spinning wheel and an entire fleece in our tiny dorm room. Eventually, I had to move out--the fleece had a fairly overwhelming odor. Strangely enough, I love it now when my dog is a bit dirty and has a lanolin smell, like a sheep. He's an Irish Water Spaniel and they have an oily coat.
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January 25th 07, 10:24 PM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
Hi ya
sounds good to me...now do keep us up to date as you use it. higz Cher "Vintage Purls" wrote in message ps.com... Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours. http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/wheel.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... VP
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January 26th 07, 02:15 AM
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Happiness is a new spinning wheel
That's the kind of wheel I learned on. I have a Traveler. I like it,
doesn't take up much room. I second the request to see and hear what you're making with it! Bev On Jan 24, 12:43 am, "Vintage Purls" wrote: Well, okay an "almost new" spinning wheel. I managed to buy an ex demo Ashford double-drive traditional wheel for a song on Trademe (our local equivalent of eBay). It arrived today and was quickly assembled. My old wheel was over 30 years in age and rather clunky. The new one runs beautifully smooth and a looks lovely to boot. The kittens are very happy with the paper packing - so a household of happiness is ours. http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/image...og/kittens.jpg Now, off to spin.... VP
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January 26th 07, 05:16 AM
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Spinning projects
On Jan 26, 3:15 pm, "Bev" wrote:
I second the request to see and hear what you're making with it! Well, two requests - a girl can't turn that down. At the moment I'm spinning up some fibre I've dyed. Merino dyed randomly blue, mixed with a little black alpaca which I had overdyed red (just to give it a slightly warmer glow). I carded the two together thoroughly so as to produce a heathered yarn that is subtle in it's tonal changes, the alpaca gives a nice depth to the merino blue. See the fibre and then the thread spun from it: http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/images/Blog/fibre.jpg http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz/image...InProgress.jpg The yarn looks a bit lighter than it appears under normal light (the fibre picture is much truer in colour). The finished product is quite "shot" so it appears bluer or greener depending on the light. I have no idea what I'll knit from it yet. So I invite other spinners to tell/show us what they are doing - please. VP
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