I’m home just long enough to unpack, do a bit of shopping and repack. I’m off to Brisbane, Australia before heading to the Solomon Islands for 12 days. I’m getting my SCUBA certification and spending the days diving. I can’t wait.
So, for now, here are some selected photos from my last 2.5 weeks.
Look what Karen helped me find!
Can you guess what it is? Here’s another clue.
Know what it is yet? Okay, another clue…
How about now?
Yup! It’s the ever elusive Louet S40, or more commonly known as Louet Hatbox spinning wheel.
I’ve been wanting one of these since I first saw a photo of it on the web waaaay back when (2003?). It was already discontinued then. I looked periodically on eBay, the Housecleaning pages, and Spinning For-Sale groups for one, but they are always snapped up before I find the listings. Two weeks ago, I get a voice mail message from Karen to say that she found this in the Whidbey Island papers and was I interested? Boy! I was all over it. I left messages on her home and cell phones and kept calling until I reached her. I even tried to call a couple of the other people on the island trying to find her…
Needless to say, this sweet little thing was waiting for me when I got to the island later that same week. The o-ring is a bit brittle and cracked, but otherwise in perfect working order. I have yet to spin on it, because I have been hosting my little niece. (Grace, I wasn’t up to teaching her how to spin on a wheel that’s not functioning at 100% — not the best way to teach an impatient little girl how to spin.) Now that she’s gone, I can try and see if I can get this little darling working while I locate a source for replacement o-rings. If you know where I might be able to find one, please leave a comment.
Update: The o-ring is too old to be grabby, so it’s a no-go until I locate or fashion a new one.
Sorry for the belated post. Several reasons contributed to the long absence. First, there is a bug in the WP 2.6 where it ignored my defined image directory location. I only just figured out what the problem was, and found and installed the fix. Second, I now have a deep appreciation for single parents everywhere. There simply has been no alone time to do anything, including peeing, never ming blogging.
Okay, picture laden post below, none of them fiber related. If you are here for fiber, skip right on by. If you are here about my vacation with Iris, click on through.
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