Fri 23 Jun 2006
I am going out of my mind. I have been plotting, planning, and obsessing about wheels. After a long conversation with the owner of my LYS, and Amie, I had pretty much made up my mind. The JOY DT won. I spun on it at the Mannings and loved it. It is compact and can be put away from a curious almost three year-old. It wins.
So, I left said conversation with the intention of waiting until June 30th to start the process of buying. I was all set until my friend, Julia, showed the most beautiful green yarn spun on her JOY. I was driving to pick up the cowboy today, called 411 on my TREO, and asked Chris from Cloverhill to hold the JOY she has on order for ME. I am weak friends. I am weak…. must be all the talk about SPIN OUT. (A collective HUGE postitive thought to the folks in NYC to stay dry, OK? EVERYONE….. think that NOW!)
So the wheel is mine for the paying. I have the most wonderful husband in the world…. I told him about my caving… and he said it was time for her to come home. He actually must be tired of my endless jabber about wheels and spinning. I love that man of mine!
I would like you all to know that there are steaming piles of purple yarn all over Chez’ Mama. That’s right! Beau is almost finished! One more night of a few Beau and some loose skeins of various other colorways and she will be ready to be reskeined and packaged for shipping. Ship date July 1. Whoo hoo!!
I have some stuff that I am working on…. I can mention some now and have to save some for later….
What I can mention is the SEA SOCKSÂ cruise is having an overwhelmingly positive response!!! I can not believe that we have so many bookings in week one! Get your reservations in soon friends! $200.00 holds your cabin. Not bad!
My LYS has ordered C*EYE*BER Fiber Sock to go in their inventory! I am so excited. I am developing a custom colorway for them that will only be sold there! The yarns should hit by mid-late July.
That is all for now…whew! Remember: a huge collective positive thought needs to go to the SPIN OUT NYC weather god/dess……..
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June 23rd, 2006 at 10:58 pm
That is such a neat looking wheel! I can’t say anything about your folding on the purchase.. I was going to wait until October when my Louet found me at MSW. I’m already thinking about purchasing a second wheel if my finances are back in order by October!!
June 24th, 2006 at 1:25 am
What do you want me to be to make you spin with me?
June 24th, 2006 at 8:12 am
Congratulations! She’s a beauty!
June 24th, 2006 at 11:51 am
We’re all a little weak when it comes to these passions of ours.
I’m coming up to Maryland for the fourth and I think I should stop in at your LYS. Actually, I’ve been wanting to visit shops there for a bit. Oh, and you should definitely reserve some of that Beau for me!! Purple is my weakness. lol
June 25th, 2006 at 7:17 am
Congrats on the new wheel! : )
I got the SP8 surprise that you created. It’s beautiful, the colors are perfect. I posted about it in the last part of yesterday’s entry. Thank you!! : )
June 25th, 2006 at 9:15 am
you’re gonna love the Joy—-;)
Have FUN!
June 25th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
I’m so excited for you! When are you picking it up? Now you may have to start dyeing roving too…..
June 26th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Welcome to the Dark Side. Once the wheel enters your home there is no going back to the life you once knew. Wool everywhere…late nights spent plying…the hunt for exotic fibers at reasonable prices…’tis a slippery slope. And yet so fun!
June 26th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
happy to enable! It’s like welcoming a new member of the fambly. Congrats!
June 26th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
OK, I’m weak too. A month from my birthday and I had to buy my Ashford Traditional. From Cloverhill, nonetheless. Chris is such a wonderful enabler, eh? Maybe we’ll meet on the 30th!
June 26th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
The wheel is beautiful! I love all of the colorful yarns in the picture as well.