I have finally reached the lace portion of the Perimetera shawl, and am waiting on some confirmation of the instructions from the creator before I continue. In the meantime, I have plenty to keep me busy, because my ordered-on-Christmas gift has arrived! It was a very exciting day, as I cyber-stalked the delivery of my Hansen MiniSpinner!
The box arrives.
Unboxing. The excitement builds.
The bundle option included just about everything. Here are some extras. An orifice threader, orifice reducers (for spinning thinner yarns, and laceweight), assorted extra drive bands/ brake bands/ tools.
Maintenance kit - SuperLube grease and oil (silicone based, my favorites!), brake bands/drive bands, wool picker to clean stray fibers away. I use SuperLube on my treadle sewing machines, and TriFlow spray (also silicone) on many things. This shot also inclueds the ends of the 3 lace breakdown bobbins.
A quill for end-of-the-tip spinning (like a walking wheel or charkha), doubles as a bobbin winder! Yay!
A Woolee Winder flyer and bobbin! I have wanted one of these for many years, for plying!
Here are the three lace bobbins, assembled. The lace flyer included with the spinner also has a bobbin on it, for a total of four. (I will be needing a travel kate, obviously.)
Finally, the cords (white box on the bottom - wall plug and car adapter) and the machine!
This is the little beauty herself. I don't normally name my machines, whether treadle or electric sewing machines or spinning wheels (although one of my guitars is named Violet, because she's purple. The Taylor remains unnamed as of yet) but this one may need a name. She speaks to me.
This is the fiber sample that came with the machine. This is 15 grams (0.53 ounce) of Abstract Fiber, and the card says "Merino 40%/ SW Merino 40%/ Silk 20%" in colorway The Gorge. Now to see what kind of laceweight yardage I can get from it.
My RavPower 23000 battery has arrived and been charged and tested with the spinner, and works wonderfully. I'm still awaiting delivery of my purple Zuca bag for storage, travel, and spinning table. That, unfortunately, is not due to arrive until next week. I tried to track down a couple of (non-purple) Zuca bags on Craigslist at a significant cost reduction. We lost one at the last moment, when the Craigslist seller had two of us showing up to buy it and sold it to the other guy before I got out of my car. Huge disappointment! After that hubby let me spend some of our Christmas gift cash on an Amazon card to order the purple bag.
To end the last day of 2015, we went to see the new Star Wars movie! I thought it was great! There were many scenes that were reminiscent of the original (now known as Episode IV), and I had lines from the original pop into my mind frequently. (It's not my fault!) I found it tremendously enjoyable! I will definitely be buying that one as soon as it comes out on DVD!
Happy New Year, everyone, and I wish you all a wonderful 2016! I'm hoping this year will be the year I finally get a Longest Thread entry (or three) mailed off to the Bothwell Spin-in!
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