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| The envelopes |
This morning I found several envelopes awaiting me on my desk, all of them from the UK.
There was a used book (part of a fantasy series by Harry Turtledove of which the first three had been translated in italian while the other three were left untranslated. I got the second.hand books through Abebooks), 12 and 15 mm needle tips for my Denise set (I alteady have them for my KnitPro, but the Denise cords support much better the weight involved with bulky and extrabulky knitting so I decided to get these new tips) and a lovely spindle from
Deborah Gray.
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| Books, needle tips and that lovely spindle |
It's one of her
Deluxe Spindles, individually turned by artisan Murray Dunan in
Auchterarder, not very far north of Edinburgh. The spindle is made for bottom whorl spinning and sports an elegant thistle head finish on the shaft to anchor the yarn with a half-hitch for spinning bottom-whorl (thistle is Scottish national flower, which always makes me think about inviting some Scottish people to a
bagna cauda dinner with lots of cardi gobbi stalks to dip in the garlic, oil and anchovy sauce). I requested a small personalization and Mr Dunan fixed a hook on the shorter end of the shaft for top-whorl spinning, since I am pretty good at using the half-hitch on the longer end of the shaft, but I suck at top-whorl half-hitching. Mr Dunan then offered me an extra treat by making my own spindle a very special one with a wonderfully patterned whorl made ith some special wood. And I love it. Really! I mean, check out how beautiful it is!
And, yes, it came padded in lots of wool...
I'm waiting for my spindles from deborah too. I saw the deluxe version in Lucca, it's beautiful, but I picked the simple one, 'cause I'm a beginner and I need the hook on the top to feel more comfortable.
ReplyDeleteBe', come noti al mio fuso De Luxe ho fatto aggiungere un gancino. Però per filare bottom-whorl uso il "cardo", che regge benissimo con l'half-hitch.
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