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Posted by Els van Dam on May 26, 2006, 1:33 pm
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> Thank you all for your suggestions! I'm planning to do it this weekend.
>
> I'm not experinced with spinning wheels yet: I had just one brief
> lesson.
> I believe it's a traditional Ashford wheel, it resembles Ashford
> Elizabeth the most just in dark wood.
> Next week I'm going to the person who will give me an estimate to fix
> it.
> This wheel spent a few good years in the basement of my parents in law
> and I don't know where and in what condition it was purchased. I also
> doubt that my mother in law ever used it for anything except
> decoration. It's missing some parts and needs repair (footman is torn
> off, the pedal is disconnected at one of the points, the band is
> missing,flyer whorl is missing too...), I just hope it's not going to
> be too expensive...
> Hopefully I'll be able to post updates on my progress with this project
> soon.
>
> Yulia
Yulia where are you located
Els
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Posted by YW on May 26, 2006, 2:54 pm
For the past month I'm in Vermont (Shoreham)! yay!
We moved from NY city in mid-April and half of my belongings are still
in boxes or all over the place...
I would love to learn to spin properly. The person who was recommended
for repairs may give lessons as well.
There is a beautiful farm less then 2 min away from me with sheep and
mohair goats. Just today I was admiring fleece while buying eggs there
and thinking to myself: "no, not yet, not yet....soon "
Yulia
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Posted by Els van Dam on May 26, 2006, 6:50 pm
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> For the past month I'm in Vermont (Shoreham)! yay!
> We moved from NY city in mid-April and half of my belongings are still
> in boxes or all over the place...
>
> I would love to learn to spin properly. The person who was recommended
> for repairs may give lessons as well.
>
> There is a beautiful farm less then 2 min away from me with sheep and
> mohair goats. Just today I was admiring fleece while buying eggs there
> and thinking to myself: "no, not yet, not yet....soon "
>
> Yulia
Yulia, it sounds you are close to a spinning adventure. Keep us posted on
what happens next
Els
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Ja for Jazz and cro out of cobra
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Posted by spinninglilac on May 26, 2006, 1:36 pm
Well you have an easy wheel to find replacements for Ashfords are pretty
interchangeable.
shame it is in a bit of a state, are you going to learn to spin on it then?
hope so as this will be fun, ask Noreen as she found one in her basement or
attic/roofspace and her dh did it up for her and she was away on it straight
away......weren't you Noreen?
so good luck with it.
higz Cher
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> Thank you all for your suggestions! I'm planning to do it this weekend.
> I'm not experinced with spinning wheels yet: I had just one brief
> lesson.
> I believe it's a traditional Ashford wheel, it resembles Ashford
> Elizabeth the most just in dark wood.
> Next week I'm going to the person who will give me an estimate to fix
> it.
> This wheel spent a few good years in the basement of my parents in law
> and I don't know where and in what condition it was purchased. I also
> doubt that my mother in law ever used it for anything except
> decoration. It's missing some parts and needs repair (footman is torn
> off, the pedal is disconnected at one of the points, the band is
> missing,flyer whorl is missing too...), I just hope it's not going to
> be too expensive...
> Hopefully I'll be able to post updates on my progress with this project
> soon.
> Yulia
>
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Posted by YarnWright on May 26, 2006, 1:56 pm
On Fri, 26 May 2006 17:36:17 GMT, spinninglilac spun a fine yarn
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> Well you have an easy wheel to find replacements for Ashfords are pretty
> interchangeable.
>
> shame it is in a bit of a state, are you going to learn to spin on it then?
> hope so as this will be fun, ask Noreen as she found one in her basement or
> attic/roofspace and her dh did it up for her and she was away on it straight
> away......weren't you Noreen?
>
> so good luck with it.
>
> higz Cher
>
Actually, Cher, mine was built by my DFIL, and for years it stood as
decoration by my fireplace, THEN, I came to ya'll for advice on cleaning it
up, getting it in working order, etc, and DH and I stripped the ugly
burgundy/yellow/orangy varnish and refinished it.
I now have a second one, just like it, which DFIL also built, for my
DSisIL... I'm debating selling both to get an Ashford!
Hugs,
Noreen
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> I'm not experinced with spinning wheels yet: I had just one brief
> lesson.
> I believe it's a traditional Ashford wheel, it resembles Ashford
> Elizabeth the most just in dark wood.
> Next week I'm going to the person who will give me an estimate to fix
> it.
> This wheel spent a few good years in the basement of my parents in law
> and I don't know where and in what condition it was purchased. I also
> doubt that my mother in law ever used it for anything except
> decoration. It's missing some parts and needs repair (footman is torn
> off, the pedal is disconnected at one of the points, the band is
> missing,flyer whorl is missing too...), I just hope it's not going to
> be too expensive...
> Hopefully I'll be able to post updates on my progress with this project
> soon.
>
> Yulia