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sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 14865
Location: sunny wales
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 Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 5:29 pm Post subject: Wool winder |
 
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Look what Gareth made me this week! Its a skein winder made from salvaged wood- beech for the body, from a branch cut down by local highway people last year, yew for the arms, actually came out of a load of firewood!, and reclaimed ebony (ex furniture)for the little cross pieces. I think its a thing of beauty (shame the house isnt tidier in the background!) Its already made turning coned wool into nice skeins ready for the re-enactors market so much easier. |
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nettie
Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Suffolk
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Wow!!! Is he any good at mending garden sheds by any chance??? |
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460
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what a lovely thing.
Is he for hire? Never mind mending sheds Nettie I need a shed building ( den for the boys)
bench for the shed up the lottie,
bench for the cutting garden....
He'd never be out of work honest! |
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Stacey
Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 7941
Location: Kernow
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Wicked! I want a skein winder as I've got a ball winder (came with the wheel) but nothing to hold the skein whilst it winds into a ball. |
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sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 14865
Location: sunny wales
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 05 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Fiddlesticks Julie wrote: |
Is he for hire?
He'd never be out of work honest! |
We had this conversation last night, strangely enough, though he does work hard when the moment strikes, its quite hard to persuade him to do anything in the garden. His craft work is always excellent, but again, its when the moment strikes, if I could find a way to get him to make a bit more of it, he might be onto a good sideline- but I'd rather he enjoyed it, I certainly wouldn't want to force him to spend hours chained to the workshop and be miserable. We're trying to come up with a cunning plan that will let us buy somewhere with a bigger garden in about three years or so, so maybe I'll just have to be mean and kick him occasionally so he makes things we can sell  |
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barefoot_boo
Joined: 06 Aug 2005
Posts: 399
Location: Wiltshire
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That's one very talented chap you're got yourself there. Wish mine was that handy! |
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culpepper
Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 638
Location: Kent
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 05 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Thats beautiful!
Thats the problem with hobbies though isn't it?
They're fun while you can choose wether to do them ,when and who for. |
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Anna-marie
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 980
Location: West Wales
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 05 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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I'd be thrilled to bits if my hubby made anything!! (other than a mess, of course!) 
He drives a lorry all week, comes home on Friday night, works Saturday afternoon in the pub for me, then seems to spend all day Sunday riding or polishing his motorbike.
I've tried steering him upstairs with his polishing cloth, but it doesn't work!!!!
His favourite (and most used) saying is "It's no good asking me to do that!
This applies to housework, feeding animals, repairing anything, answering post, paying bills, book-keeping, well, just about everything, really.
My first hubby was an excellent handyman/craftsperson/diy-er - why, oh why, did I get rid of him?  |
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Anna-marie
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 980
Location: West Wales
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 05 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, forgot to mention - your wool-winder looks absolutely brilliant!!!!  |
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mochyn
Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 15436
Location: mid-Wales
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Sally: do you mind if I forwrd this to my FIL? He's a turner lookikng for a new project and I'd like a skein winder: made in heavenl, eh?! |
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