spinning!

 Someone gifted me with a spinning wheel!

It's a Leclerc. That's about all I know right now, other than they don't make them anymore. 

Obviously, I have no idea what I'm doing. But it gets better!

This was a giant pain - I only have two bobbins. In order to do a double ply, I used a commercial single ply mohair blend in center pull hanks. Wasn't my favorite. 

I only have two bobbins, so I discovered Navajo plying, which is a technique that works when you only have two bobbins and creates a triple ply from one single ply. 

Smee thinks the wheel is absolutely the best thing in the world. 

 

When the wheel comes out, he's right there, watching the moving parts and generally getting underfoot and into mischief.