New toys
Today was one of those days where I never really sat down, but am not entirely sure where the day went. I do have 5-1/4 pints of cowboy candy (candied, pickled hot peppers) and 5 pints of bread of butter pickles to show for it. And I taught K. how to do laundry. And all three horses have trimmed hooves because our new farrier came today. (What a huge difference a really good farrier makes! Java wasn't terrified.) And we had teatime. Sometimes it's more difficult to focus on what you didn't get done rather than what you did.
It is also difficult to focus on what you did when you have a brand-new toy you won't let yourself play with until some basic home management things get taken care of. One of the things I did do today was pick-up this from someone who was selling it in an area garage sale.
Yes, I know I already have a spinning wheel. But this one is a single-treadle wheel with a completely different drive system. The spinning wheel I have been using has a drive system that doesn't have a lot of flexibility, and I think this one will provide that.
Not only did I get the wheel, but look what else.
This is a drum carder. It takes fleece and turns it into something you can spin from. It is a lot faster than carding fleece by hand. These were always something I would look at in spinning stores, but not for long, because they are pretty pricey, and it's not as though I really needed it. I am so excited to have one. Now I just need to get my hands on a fleece.
But I have promised myself that all these fun things will stay in the background until I have school completely planned. I wouldn't enjoy playing with them as much with the niggling in the back of my head that school planning was waiting. They will be my reward for finally getting it done.
It is also difficult to focus on what you did when you have a brand-new toy you won't let yourself play with until some basic home management things get taken care of. One of the things I did do today was pick-up this from someone who was selling it in an area garage sale.
Yes, I know I already have a spinning wheel. But this one is a single-treadle wheel with a completely different drive system. The spinning wheel I have been using has a drive system that doesn't have a lot of flexibility, and I think this one will provide that.
Not only did I get the wheel, but look what else.
In the box you are looking at bobbins as well as a rack for holding them to make it possible to ply yarn together. There are also two beautiful wood. niddy-noddies. I'm kind of ridiculously excited about these. I have a niddy-noddy, which is used to wind yarn into a skein, but it is made out of PVC pipe. It is not beautiful, and because of plastic fatigue it is quickly becoming not useful, either. There is also a set of hand cards in there as well.
But wait! There's more.
This is a drum carder. It takes fleece and turns it into something you can spin from. It is a lot faster than carding fleece by hand. These were always something I would look at in spinning stores, but not for long, because they are pretty pricey, and it's not as though I really needed it. I am so excited to have one. Now I just need to get my hands on a fleece.
But I have promised myself that all these fun things will stay in the background until I have school completely planned. I wouldn't enjoy playing with them as much with the niggling in the back of my head that school planning was waiting. They will be my reward for finally getting it done.
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