[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="317" caption="The Wheel in Space"]
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Wait, no, wrong wheel.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Real Wheel in Space ... sort of"]
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I mean, it's a wheel. And it's in space (which is a vague term anyway). That first picture may actually be better. Eh well, you get the idea.
I spent most of my weekend sealing and finishing this bad boy (bad girl? I'm not sure about the gender yet). I've never done any woodworking before so I'm not sure I did that good of a job. It looks fine, and I love it, but I'm sure someone with half an idea of how to do woodworking could have made it turn out better than I did, seeing as I had no idea. But. I like it.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Kiwi"]
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It's an Ashford Kiwi, and to be honest I'd never even spun on one before I bought it. I know, I know, bad Emily! But after I oiled it up and started spinning last night I quickly fell in love. It is fantastic, and actually reminds me quite a bit of the Louët Julia I spent most of my time using while practicing at Hill Country Weavers. I spun up some leftover roving from the Spin 101 class I took, and then tried plying it together. Plying actually isn't that bad, though I see the usefulness of a tensioned lazy kate. The one that came with the wheel isn't quite cutting it for me. More practice is in order.
As far as naming it ... here are the suggestions I've gotten so far:
- Tension and Relative Diameter in Spinning
- Samus
- Fortuna
- Rumpelstilzchen
I like the first one because it's so witty. But I'm not entirely feeling it. I guess I'll just to spend more time with it and hope a name comes to me magically.
[/caption]Wait, no, wrong wheel.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Real Wheel in Space ... sort of"]
[/caption]I mean, it's a wheel. And it's in space (which is a vague term anyway). That first picture may actually be better. Eh well, you get the idea.
I spent most of my weekend sealing and finishing this bad boy (bad girl? I'm not sure about the gender yet). I've never done any woodworking before so I'm not sure I did that good of a job. It looks fine, and I love it, but I'm sure someone with half an idea of how to do woodworking could have made it turn out better than I did, seeing as I had no idea. But. I like it.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Kiwi"]
[/caption]It's an Ashford Kiwi, and to be honest I'd never even spun on one before I bought it. I know, I know, bad Emily! But after I oiled it up and started spinning last night I quickly fell in love. It is fantastic, and actually reminds me quite a bit of the Louët Julia I spent most of my time using while practicing at Hill Country Weavers. I spun up some leftover roving from the Spin 101 class I took, and then tried plying it together. Plying actually isn't that bad, though I see the usefulness of a tensioned lazy kate. The one that came with the wheel isn't quite cutting it for me. More practice is in order.
As far as naming it ... here are the suggestions I've gotten so far:
- Tension and Relative Diameter in Spinning
- Samus
- Fortuna
- Rumpelstilzchen
I like the first one because it's so witty. But I'm not entirely feeling it. I guess I'll just to spend more time with it and hope a name comes to me magically.
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