My very own refurbished spindle spinning wheel!
Isn't it cool! It has a few little things that still need a little tweaking, but it's quite nice!
Here is the before. My parents found the wheel at a swap meet locally, but it did not have the mother of all, whorl or spindle.
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| Loading up the new find from the swap meet. |
We looked it up, and it looks like it very well could be a tradition Ashford wheel. After buying just a few supplies, my dad was awesome and turned a brand new whorl and mother of all. (The two tall posts that hold the spindle and whorl.)
How pretty did he make those? I love them!
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| Newly custom hand turned whorl and mother of all posts...beauties! |
We decided to start with a spindle spinning wheel. It is a great way for us to modify this wheel to get something up and running and I am loving it.
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| Playing with the new wheel. Excuse the mess.... |
And I just have to add....this is how we roll. There are ways to do things outside the box. I didn't feel I could afford a brand new wheel, but I really wanted to have one. Initially we were going to make this cute Thrifty Fox spindle wheel from these plans we bought on Etsy, but then happened upon this wheel in need of love. So here is my little soapbox speech - If you want it bad enough, you make it happen. It is okay to not have THE in-thing. What matter is you are trying. No regrets. Oh yeah, and it also helps to have awesome supportive people in your life. (In this case, the hubby and parents!) So surround yourself with supportive people as often as you can. (Okay, stepping off the box now...thanks for listening.)
Stay tuned for some yummy yarn from my new toy!
Ash
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