Antique spinning wheel - it’s gynormous

I went to an local auction last month and scored big time.  I bought this huge antique spinning wheel.  I’m going to refinish it and seal it so I can put it out by my drive.

I got this at an auction last month

I also picked up some antique wool balers.  I’m hoping to find some pictures of these online so I get a better idea how they were used.  Mine came partially disassembled, and I want to put them together correctly.  If you know of any photos online of antique wool balers, please let me know.

Well this is a short post today, I’m late getting everyone fed in the barn and they are all baaing out there.  See ya later.

 

My new Strauch drum carder has arrived!

My carder arrived from Strauch on Friday. I spent the rest of the day carding my Shetland and Llama fleece. On Saturday I blended them 50/50 which makes a very soft, durable yarn. I also had some roving that if I remember right is BFL which I had experimented with my new Lanaset dyes. I did one roving in warm colors, one roving in cool colors and then a third in various greens. I carded each of those rovings separately and got some beautiful blends. I have batts lying all over the family room that I took over for my fiber addiction!

 

Finished spinning roving from NW Michigan Fiberfest

I finished spinning and plying the roving I bought at the NW Michigan Wool and Fiber Fest last month. It turned out pretty cool, huh?

I got my stock dyes all mixed and the secondary colors. Then I realized I didn’t order the Lanaset orange for some reason. I ordered the orange and the rest of the main colors I didn’t get the first time. That order should be here tomorrow and I can finish mixing up all my colors.

My drumcarder is shipping from Strauch’s tomorrow…yipppppppeeeeee! I can’t wait to get my hands on my new drumcarder and get my fiber ready for dyeing and spinning. Let’s have a dye party next week…I’ll be ready!

 

Tired

I’m so tired right now but I noticed that I haven’t posted for over a month. Where does the time go? Just because I’m working three jobs, reading 3 books and a magazine, knitting half a dozen projects AND trying to keep my house clean doesn’t mean I don’t have plenty of spare time - HA! and you thought you were busy? I guess we’ll just turn our shirts inside out and wear them another day because I didn’t get the laundry done…got to blog. Wear the darker ones they don’t show the dirt.

I’ve ordered some Lanaset dyes that I can’t wait to break into and start mixing up colors, but I’m reading Deb Menz’s - Color in Spinning first and my latest issue of Spin Off before diving in head first. I’ve also been out in the yard picking up leaves, not raking, just collecting for my color inspirations. One of my first projects will be - you guessed it, autumn leaves.

Oh, and I’ve got my new drum carder ordered which should be here next week and I can hardly wait to get started with that. I’ve got boxes of fleece that will finally get carded up, dyed and spun, what a concept.

I’m going to sleep and dream about my fiber addiction and how much fun I’m going to have in the coming days, weeks, months, years…lifetime.