My Cassandra

front view

This, the Cassandra, is my little darling spinning wheel. But as for the spinning on this wheel, her tension slips a bit. And this seems to cause the pull of the flyer to a bit weird sometimes. I've spun on an Ashford Traditional before (at one my favorite hangouts Heritage Farm Museum) and had that to compare her with. And so I probably would not have noticed or even cared if not for this comparison. She works great. A person needs only to become used to her quirkiness and then Live Happily Ever After in pursuit of woolish joy.

side view

        



 

 Go see Cassandra's creator and check out his work. I will tell you his price is very good. 

wool dyed with madder root. It takes 4 yrs of growth to mature the color. Yes you heard me right.

Above is hand spun on Miss Cassandra

At left is The Gail Shawl knit with said above yarn.

This pattern (charted only) is on YouTube and as you can see the shawl is very pretty. Link to be added as soon as I find it. Miss place stuff all the time. So very sorry. I will locate.