This is my spinning wheel, which my husband bought for me for Christmas (wasn’t I lucky!). It’s something I’ve always wanted since I love knitting and sheep and all things wool, especially woolly blankets around me during the cold of the winter! It’s an Ashford Traveller and it is just perfect for me. It has two treadles, which must be good for exercising my legs and keeping the blood flowing nicely and a rack (lazy Kate) for the spools of yarn once thread. There is room on the rack for three spools, plus there is one at the top which I am filling up.
When I get two spools of yarn finished, I can ply them together and make something with which I can knit.
I had two lessons in hand spinning from an expert (take a bow Kelhora if you’re reading this ever) and lots of practice between lessons and got the hang of it. I won’t say it was easy to learn – it wasn’t but I was determined to do it so I persevered.
I bought some gorgeous roving in the local yarn shop and put it in a bag to use when I got proficient enough!
What do you think of the colour? Isn’t it just so gorgeous. I really hoped I had bought enough because I had no clue how much I needed to make a cardigan for myself. I know that I usually buy 10 balls of 100g yarn and that’s enough so I had to do some simple arithmetic to work out the need.
Next time I’ll tell you what I did with it! be sure and call back to see. I’m so looking forward to showing you my very first effort at knitting up my own yarn.
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Oma 
Wow! It’s really beautiful, Oma. I love the colors and do look forward to seeing that cardigan!
Beautiful roving! I’ve never spun on an Ashford, but I am drawn to their lovely craftsmanship. And I wish my lazy Kate had spots for three bobbins. One can never have enough bobbins. 🙂 I can’t wait to see the yarn.