12.01.06
Habit forming
I really need to make a habit of posting every day. Instead, I seem to save things up and then it seems like a longwinded random post–or too much trouble to mention. Anyway, enough blogging about blogging.
My biggest piece of news:
(Apparently others do too, as Louet has sold out of all of them until their March shipment, and they’ll be raising prices in the new year, but if you preorder by December 30, you can still get it at the old price, at least with me.)
I love how wee it is and how small it packs and how effortlessly it treadles.
A while back, I bought a perfectly hideous paisley chair because it looked comfortable, was relatively inexpensive, and was shaped somewhat like the chair my Mom has that the dogs have staring contests with each other over. It’s become the chair where I sit and spin in the corner of the living room–when I have the Lendrum or the s17 set up in front of me and I want to get up, I have to pick up the wheel and move it to the side. Not really a big deal, but it is an obstacle, and the Victoria is small enough I can just step over it. Given how much I am up and down while spinning, this has been quite handy and it makes me feel like a giant, as the photo above shows. 
I was worried about the orifice height being low, but it has proven to not be an issue at all with its upward angle. If you are used to having your hands close to the orifice while spinning though, you’ll need to watch yourself.
I was all in a dither about what to spin, my first bobbin on my new baby. I decided to spin some superfine merino I dyed up over a year and a half ago. I’ve already sampled it using my Lendrum, way back when, and know it to be squishy-love-monkey-goodness-divinity.
So much yarn & fiber and this year is just flowing away like water.
June said,
December 1, 2006 at 2:41 pm
The sweater looks very nice! So the Victoria is all it’s cracked up to be? I’ve been hearing the hype for a long time.
Lauren said,
December 1, 2006 at 7:37 pm
That is such a beautiful color. Aaaand crotch chop.
michelle said,
December 1, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Oh my goodness another one! I think I’m going to take this as I sign that I must get one of these for myself. Seriously though, are you hunching over at all?
Stella said,
December 2, 2006 at 11:17 am
Hmmm…. I have that same problem with not blogging forever and then writing long-a$$ posts. But I defend it with the attitude that blogging is all about memememe, so that’s the way it goes. The sweater looks beautiful and the Victoria looks adorable (and a tempting Xmas wish for me).
Ande said,
December 2, 2006 at 5:39 pm
So. Freaking. Cute. You, the sweater and the wheel! Awesome!
Wendy said,
December 2, 2006 at 7:30 pm
The sweater looks fab and it also looks like it isn’t too roomy. And good for you that you can actually wear it.
(Don’t you ever wonder that the generous armhole allowances are given so one doesn’t sweat so much?)
Melissa said,
December 3, 2006 at 12:56 am
Clearly there’s this sex-spinning-wheel-imagery thing that you are into. Hmmmmmm. Zee doktor needs to ponder zis!
Gives new meaning to the word “spinster.”
Cassie said,
December 4, 2006 at 5:03 am
Gorgeous sweater - and good to hear that the new wheel is making you happy. I’d wondered about those since I started hearing about them.
jenifleur said,
December 4, 2006 at 8:11 am
Gawd I want that wheel. A little voice inside my head keeps whispering that I could use my trust fund payment from my mom’s estate to reserve one, but then the louder voice yells that I have to pay bills with it since I’ve been unemployed all year. Stupid loud voice. I’m trying to kill it with alcohol.
I love your sweater. And I love your blue singles. And I love the African mask on the wall behind you. And what appears to be a cat pelt tacked to the wall. I’m all full of love this morning.
Amy Boogie said,
December 5, 2006 at 5:56 am
The Sweater is great and such a sexy pose! I’m glad I sent it to you, it would have sat lonely in my stash for far too long and the colors are way better on you.