I'm not talking people here (so just settle down -- no need for anyone to get too scandalized) but, oh, I am talking a new spinning wheel.  A new spinning wheel!  A new spinning wheel!  (Anywhere you put the emphasis in that last sentence -- it still sounds just as good!)  My family surprised me with a new Kromski Sonata in walnut for Mother's Day -- they know me so very  well and support me in my fiber centered obsession hobby.  (Thank you DH, I know you led the pack!) 

Isn't it a machine of beauty!


Folding wheel with a bag so I can travel with it.  Double treadle.  Scotch tension.  Adjustable orifice height (Hey, I can hear you snickering).  Large bobbin size (I can still hear you snickering...).   Three ratios on the standard flyer (6.7, 12.5, 14 to 1). And a very manageable 11.5 lbs. 

And it spins as beautiful as it looks!

I took this pile of sparkly fluff  from the Wool Peddler on Etsy.



and turned it into these beautiful singles



Wow.  I need to take a moment........ <breathe>

Thank you.

OK...other Mother's Day images

My beloved crew (My DH too. But he is taking the picture)...


Our annual Mother's Day pilgrimage to....


It's comforting to know that some places haven't changed since 1975.


(Just out of frame to the left is the fully functional disco ball hanging from the ceiling.  This fire hall must have one heck of a bingo night!)  And they make a mean chicken BBQ!

Oh and did I mention I have A NEW SPINNING WHEEL! 

PS:  Don't worry Miss Louet -- you'll always be my first.