This is a shot of merino that I was spinning, and it spun like a hot knife going through "butta". I have never set up or seen a wheel set up for double drive, and I had a few questions for the Spinning List over on Yahoo Groups, but as you can see, I got it!
More merino, aren't these colors gorgeous? I am trying to decide if I should try to Navajo ply to try to maintain color runs, or to simply wind off and ply from two toilet paper rolls:
The party continues here, as we gear up for Caryn's 17th birthday next Friday! Can't tell you what she's getting as that would ruin her surprise! In the meantime, Chris is continuing to work on the barn, (we had 7 tons of rock delivered and the kids and Chris spread out while I was at work) I am trying to pull down all the Christmas ornaments and get my house back in order before Tuesday, when it's back to the real workday (inventory) for me.
5 comments:
Your Tina II is a beauty! And so is that merino you're spinning. Glad to hear you didn't have too much trouble setting it up with double drive. It's my favorite way to spin, though, I prefer to ply with scotch tension.
The Tina is so purty! I love it. Congratulations:-) The Merino looks yummy!
See? I knew you'd love Tina! Glad to see you're having fun together. :-)
I had forgotten how light the cherry wood is at first. My wheel (shown on the blog)doesn't have any stain on it, just an oil finish. It darkens up so gradually I hadn't noticed how great the difference is. I've never tried the double drive - mine's on scotch tension.
Pretty little wheel. Looks like you are having good luck spinning on it too!
Ohhhh, she's beautiful, as is the merino. I like both the 2-ply and the Navajo-ply.
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