I love it. Had a Friend, an expert on all things concerning spinning on one of these babies, come check her out. I certainly needed some help. I could not keep the drive band on the wheel. It seemed to just jump off, twisting and tangling. And of course I would stomp off in a huff. Baffled. Now it works beautifully. Can put a good spin on it and the (properly prepared) wool will twist nice as you please. 
The expert took one look at the added extra wood contraption shown at left and said, "No, no, no. Redundant. This stuff has to go."
The expert and myself had just come from the yearly June 8th "Knit in Public Day" at our local Heritage Farm Museum's "Sheep to Shawl" festival. Here are some pictures of the goodies that I brought home. At right is mohair. Looks like at least 8 or 10 lbs of the stuff. Love it. The man who sent this my way said he wanted me to make something for him. What the dickens am I supposed to do with that. I canna read his mind. And we all know the dude had something in mind. 
At left is Jacob sheep wool. One of my favorites. I enjoy spinning the black and white separately as well as blended and using the yarns together in a project.
I find navigating Blogger with the posting and putting up of pictures a bit strange.The pictures are hard to put in place. But with that being said, I still am very grateful that Blogger is still around!
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