It's Here!!!

Right after I got home from getting my hair done, Mr. UPS arrived in his lovely brown truck with a large box for me! We carried it into the house and I was grinning from ear to ear. My Kromski Minstrel Spinning wheel has arrived.

Once opened, I was amazed it arrived in as good condition as it did. There were Polish newspapers and junk mail flyers loosely crumbled around the wheel in the box.

There are lots of pieces.

Here it is all put together. It has a hemp drive band which I set up with the double drive. I installed the scotch tension, but it is not functioning the way I did.

Doesn't the antique piano stool look like she has a new best friend??

I couldn't wait to start spinning and manage half a spindle of natural colored BFL from the stash. Treadling wasn't too difficult to get going and since I have been spindle spinning for a year now, I seemed to pick it up easily.

It is past midnight now, and I must go to bed, although I bet I could spin all night with ease.