I met someone!
No.. I'm not talking about replacing my husband already. I'm talking about Tina.
I met Tina at the Northwest Washington Fair last week. She was demonstrating spinning and some of her knitting had won blue ribbons. I sat down and told her my name, stumbling over my last name and explained it was because I had recently gotten married and was still getting used to it. Her reply:
"Oh deary I've had more surnames than most people have had clean knickers!"
I liked her immediately. She seemed to like me as well (she's originally from Wales). I went to her house today with my spinning wheel and she took a good look at it. It turns out my wheel is meant for linen and cotton - not for wool. The orifice is too small, the hooks are too small and the ability to slow it down to wool speed (cotton and linen must be spun faster) isn't built into my wheel. My wheel - though fully functional - is not a good wheel to learn on or suitable for the type of spinning I wish to do. So sad!
Not to give up so easily, she sat me down in front of her Ashford Traveler and gave me a quick lesson. Guess what?? I can spin! My yarn came out seriously over-twisted and sloppy but she's an excellent teacher and has complete faith I'll be proficient in just 3 short months.
Tina also insisted on introducing me to real English Tea ("not that Lipton shit! Lipton is NOT tea and should be dumped in the garbage!!"). It turns out "real" tea was quite tasty!
Tomorrow I'm meeting her at a bi-weekly spinning group at Roeder House in Bellingham. There is also a free class offered by the parks system on alternate Wednesdays. They have wheels there for students to use - which is good - since my wheel won't.
My remodeling will just have to be put on hold for a few days while I get my spinning fix. Oh well - there are worse things.
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