The jumbo flyer for my Sonata came today! Wow, it’s enormous!! I have 4 bobbins of singles just waiting around to be plyed, so I installed the new flyer and took off.
First some pictures, click if you want to see bigger ones:

Flyer, bobbin and front […]

This is a picture of the roving I made with my DIY hackle set up. This was 4 different sample rovings I received with an order. The rovings were so compacted that I could not spin them. I think they came out really nicely after being combed and pulled through my stitch […]

Well, I’ve hit the jackpot with my fiber accessories this week. I’ve ordered the drum carder and the jumbo flyer for my wheel was shipped today. Wow!
AND, I got a skein winder too! I have a friend whose DH is quite the carpenter. I’ve been wanting a skein winder, […]

I’ve been looking and looking and researching drum carders lately because of course the next step in my spinning addiction is to prepare the fibers myself. I really like my DIY hackle, but I also have been wanting a carder. I learned to use one in the spinning class I took a few […]

I have been quit for 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 11 hours, 7 minutes and 7 seconds (50 days). I have saved $176.62 by not smoking 1,000 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Days, 12 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 6/1/2007 12:00 AM
Wow, I can hardly believe that I’ve been […]

Well, after googling DIY Hackles today I found a Great Site that showed how to DIY a set of hackles. I left work and went to the Dollar Store in search of plastic or metal pick combs. No luck! Went to another Dollar Store. Still no luck! Went to Big […]