I can be a lazy person. A good example of something I'm lazy at is replacing my spinning wheel drive band. OK, I'll make a confession, when it broke 6 months ago, I just retied it tighter and adjusted the wheel to accomodate. How dopey is that? So, when it started fraying again, and the little screw thingy under the mother-of-all started pushing in to the wood on the base, I decided it was time to wake up. Actually, what really helped me to wake up was this article in KnittySpin which was I stumbled on at the right time.
Turns out, the operation was pretty simple. Thank you, Lee.
I purchased some kitchen cotton at Michael's, appropriate for my single drive Ashford Traditional, put the mother-of-all at the neutral point, slid the yarn through my favorite whorl (reminding me of my favorite road bike gear), snugged it up, cut, and tied. OK to leave the knot showing, per Lee.
I found something cool in my searching today, an antique rocker made out of spinning wheel parts, check this out:
sorry, it's sold.
On the wheel: more Shetland for a chunky version of the Shetland Tea Shawl,
yeah, I'm as spin as I knit kinda person...
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