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A Good Butt Whooping!

Delicato_mitts_finished

Pattern:  Knitspot Delicato Mitts
Yarn:  Woolen Rabbit Sugar Maple Sock Yarn
Needle:  2.50mm knitpicks double points

Yes, I went for the mitts, even though they were not technically finished until last Friday night.  Much too warm at the festival though to be worn, but next week promises to be much cooler here 🙂

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I have to admit that the crazy business of the last month since Fryeburg Fair finally caught up with me and set me right on my butt.  I feel as though I have had a good a** whooping that left me completely exhausted!   Life has a funny way of doing that to us now and then, doesn’t it?

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I took the week to do very little other than what I really needed to do and spent some quality time spinning, knitting and watching our Red Sox move into the World Series with a bang……..and it has all been good.

Whilst I didn’t finish my hat for Rhinebeck, it now is finished and ready to be felted tomorrow, just in time to greet little Trick O Treaters…..so really, it is still all good, no?

Moriah Anne

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I was hesitant in putting up too much information about this wheel, as I do like to keep some things closer to home, but given that she has spun herself onto many websites and given much joy, I felt better about sharing.

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Seven years ago, I plunked down my money in hopes that one day I could be the proud owner of a beautiful Norwegian Norm Hall wheel.  This wheel that Norm refers to as Moriah has been officially dubbed here at my house as Moriah Anne, for reasons of my own.  It suits her. 

This is the most incredible wheel that I could have ever hoped to own.  Made of cherry and finished exquisitely as any well made piece of high end furniture, she literally sings as she spins.  I feel incredibly blessed to own this beautiful wheel and to all of you who not only spun on her, but cheered me on in raising the remaining part of the balance owed on her………Thank you!

31 thoughts on “A Good Butt Whooping!

  1. She is beautiful! I hope you get the R & R you need and deserve. It was cool enough here in NJ today for those mitts. Perhaps I should think about making a pair.

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  2. She is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Glad you have named her to, she is a friend not just a wheel. Love the mitts and hat too, but it is the spinning on Moriah that caught my eye the most. Gorgeous colours, please show us the finished yarn when it is done.

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  3. Beautiful wheel but did it really take him seven years to make the wheel? Geesh, I couldn’t wait that long! lol

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  4. Moriah Anne is a beautiful name for a beautiful wheel. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to work with her. And I feel blessed to have you for a friend, too.

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  5. Congratulations on getting a Mariah! I picked mine up at MDSWF earlier this year and I’m still in love with it. Let’s trade tips and observations about her . . .

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  6. oh MY! she is WAY beautiful . . seriously, my heart is pounding.
    the mitts are absolutely gorgeous kim .. i LOVE that color; i must get me some of that one, too.

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  7. If I had any regret about not being with you all at Rhinebeck it is because I didn’t have a chance to spin on Moriah Anne. She is a beauty and my you and she have many years of happy spinning.

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  8. Thank you for sharing the wheel, it is a beauty, and the yarn on the bobbin is good looking too. I am itching to spin, maybe one of these days. Just don’t know where to start scratching on that itch! Love the mitts, turned out so well.
    Get some rest, enjoy the wheel and have a wonderful weekend…Gina

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  9. Wow – gorgeous! Glad you shared! Wish you were here to cheer on your team as I cheer on mine. We could sit in the stands, dressed in our woolies (socks, sweaters, hats, mittens, scarves) and spindle (in the cold)

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  10. Kim, when I see someone with a beautiful new wheel, I think of it as a new (and very welcome) child/grandchild, and am so very thrilled for the new ‘mother’. 🙂 Congratulations, and I wish you many happy years of spinning together!
    Oh, and this is OT, but – I love your kitchen floor!! 🙂

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  11. I’m grateful to have a good look at her! I am surprised at how compact the wheel seems to be for its size. Even though the drive wheel is nice and big, it doesn’t appear to take up the whole room.
    The mitts are lovely too! It’s about time I made a pair of those… such a pretty design, and just gorgeous in that colorway. 🙂

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