This is a scan of the photo, sorry it is a bit grainy. The back of the photo says "antique spinning wheel 1880-1890". Apparently they had an appraiser come out to determine age and value. The asking price is $1,200. The wheel resides in Lake Havasu and if you are interested, please call Linda at Knit N Stitch at (951) 684-7632 for more information.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an Icarus! I was generously gifted a skein of laceweight (cobweb?) yarn and promptly cast on for Icarus by Miriam Felton. It will serve a threefold purpose - satisfying my need to knit lace, my need to have Icarus, and we will show it in the store with the issue of Interweave Knits where it is featured (or the upcoming lace book for which Icarus is the cover shot) and hopefully prompt more lace knitting in our little town. And maybe, just maybe, a visit by the M herself. Those adorable stitch markers came from my friend Marti, who made them for me for Christmas. I love them. L-O-V-E them. And they match so nicely!
I am test driving the Addi Turbo Lace needles for the store. I knit with bamboo needles almost esclusively, so these metal ones are a big change for me. So far (9 rows in) I like them very much. They are pointy, smooth, but not so slick I drop all the stitches if I sneeze. The join with the cable is quite smooth.
Excuse me. I need to knit now.
2 comments:
Lisa, sweetheart, I really don't think that wheel is that old.
If the woman contacts the shop again (and I suspect she won't!), suggest that she try eBay.
At which point she will piteously whine about not wanting to, because of (insert excuse here).
Ruth
who will refrain from further grumpiness that's not your fault anyway.
What a beautiful shawl...and I LOVE that color!
(Am I correct in my pressumption that Ruth would be the owner of that lovely wheel? Good luck finding it the right home!)
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