adding to my self sufficient ways

I've learned since I started knitting, that it could be an expensive hobby. Sure it ain't sailing or some other extravagant hobby, but when ones skill level increases so does the quality of yarn used. That $15 project of acrylic is no longer satisfying. Soon, one discovers merino, cashmere, mohair and angora. Now we're paying $15 per skein instead of per project.

And for One of use who takes things just a little bit further..... fiber animals and a spinning wheel.

Yesterday I scored an amazing deal. There in the corner of an antique shop perched on top of an aged tallboy dresser, sat a spinning wheel in all in glory. Its unlabeled so I'm not sure if its actually antique, vintage, or a reporoduction. But frankly, at $98 with all its parts and in working condition, I couldn't care less.

I am now the proud owner of a Saxony style spinning wheel. It even has a bobbin in it( which is great because its hard finding replacements for older wheels).

The boys have been warned that they risk life and limb should they go withing 10 feet of it and the dogs have been threatened with the removal of their teeth should they even take a sniff of all the antique-y shop scents. My fingers And toes are crossed as I pray to the yarn gods that this wheel will survive my household.

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