Monday night, spinning along and *snap*, one of my treadles falls to the ground.
I look down and see this:
Ack! I broke my wheel!
A quick question to Twitter and I soon learned that little broken part is called a conrod.
I ordered a replacement (and an extra!) within minutes but until it comes, my wheel is out of commission.
I was desolate. This week I’d scheduled many spinny hours. After being on vacation last week, I missed my spin-time!
But this could be good
While wondering what I could do to replace spinning, I realized this is the perfect opportunity to focus on making more fiber bundles. These bundles (I’m looking for a better name, any suggestions?) have all the fiber you need to spin one of my favorite yarns.
Like Daffodils:
Available here, it’s all the fiber to spin this:
I have a few more ideas up my sleeve that I’ll share this week but I’d like to hear from you.
What other yarn would you like to see a fiber bundle for? What color combinations do you love?
Hm, fiber bundle names. “Fiber” sounds a bit too much like breakfast cereal for me, although of course fiber people don't see it that way
Spinnable Clouds
Spin Packs
Wheel-Ready Bundles
Spinnables
OK, I got nuthin'.
Aw, man! That stinks, hope your part comes soon!
what about little spinny bumps? is that cornball? lol… I like it.
Ha! Try telling people you're going to a “fiber festival” – they tend to think you're really into nutrition!
I like Spinnables – it sounds…snack-able! Like tasty little morsels of spinning goodnes!
Thanks!
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Purples and whites
or any shades of red to pink and white
and a name maybe fiber packs or maybe not:)
Fiber kits:)
Hugs on breaking the wheel but yay to finding else something else to do in the time.
While weaving I've broken treadles and threads – the treadles are easy to fix – merely a matter of retying the cord that holds the treadle but broken threads are evil and require much trickier to fix…
I like Spinnables too but it doesn't surprise me that wordsmith Sonia came up with such awesome names.
anything that makes me think of sorbet makes me want to knit. (weirdly related in my head.)
my favorite sorbet flavors:
-grapefruit.
-coconut.
-lychee.
-pear.
-cassis.
[...] past week has been less-than-fun. With my wheel breaking and just the general blah-ness of re-entry to the real world after a lovely vacation, I need a [...]
I had almost exactly the same thing happen to me 2 weeks ago 5 minutes before the start of Maker Faire (I was supposed to do 2 solid days of spinning demonstration – heaven!) After a moment's panic, we loosened the screw (mine snapped at the top), cleared the old plastic out of the wood, reinserted the rest of it and tightened the screw about halfway. I expected it to spin oddly as the conrods were now different lengths (by almost 1/2 inch), but I found no noticible difference. It felt the same and worked just fine for the rest of the weekend without any further snafus.
Holey mackerel! I am so sorry about your wheel.
Oh my goodness, this is such an obvious, simple fix! Now I'll know what to do next time!
Thank you!
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Oh my goodness, this is such an obvious, simple fix! Now I'll know what to do next time!
Thank you!
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