SPINNING WHEEL

This is my new second hand spinning wheel (photo by wooltassie/ebay) it's an Ashford Traditional I'm not sure how old it is, the price was $180.00 I'm hoping to pick up on Thursday/Friday this week. How to learn to spin? I've found there's a Hand Weavers Spinners and Dyers Guild of Tasmania inc. I'll start there first and they have all sorts of things to rent and buy as well as workshops. My knitting has been very SLOW lately, I've been to tired to concentrate I'm only half way through mohair throw for mum. Is it going to be cheaper to dye and spin my own yarn? that's the excuse I've used, I can't wait to start!!!

TEAPOTS

My Apple Tea Set arrived on Friday (e-bay) when I first saw it I thought apple teapots need apple tea cosies! now all I need to do is figure out how to make one. The new Knitty is out!!! but I'm still waiting for Vogue Knitting and Knit Scene to appear. The ABC are going to play some Hitchcock films starting with Vertigo, I love the look of his films.

MORE MOHAIR

I was in Spotlight last week sifting through the end of season yarn box and I managed to find 500 gm of the same dye lot (colour no:20-eggplant, dye lot:750655) for only $2.00 a ball. The blend is 50% mohair 50% acrylic I usually prefer at least 70% mohair so it will be interesting to see how a 50/50 blend compares. My household has been sick with a flu/virus for three weeks, virus being the key word- no antibiotics. So I missed out on a trip to Adelaide for a large birthday bash (Dan's family) there were at least 250 people.