The Prize, FINALLY!
Ok, so Nikki has waited very patiently for her prize (thinks). What with a suprise visit from the Mother in Law, so hurdles and flaming rings to hop through, it’s been well, difficult.
The bright side is that I finally completed Nikki’s prize and here it is, for your viewing pleasure.
Nkki will recieve a stone whorl spindle (bottom whorl), a orifice hook/ ply checker tool, a wrist distaff, four stitch markers and 2.6 ounces of delicious Merino/soysilk blended batts. This prize is valued at about $55 - $60.
Thanks Nikki for commenting. Lurkers, it’s not too late to get in on this months prize.
Now I am very pleased with everything for my own personal use except the wrist distaff. I am not sure I like using it. It works, but I haven’t ever used one, so she’ll have to give us the verdict on how nice it is.
The orifice hook/ply checker tool is just WONDERFUL!!! You can thread your wheel with it, and when you have spun some, you hanf it on the singles, and let the yarn ply for a few inches. Then you can see if you need to add more or less twist. It will also help you keep your twist consistant. I am really nuts over these.
And just in case Nikki wanted to slobber over a close up shot of her goodies…
So in case you don’t know, each time you comment, you are entered into the contest for this months prize, which will be similar to this one. So on Nov 1st, I will randomly select a new winner from the comments list.
Lastly, I have several spindles and some sparkly fiber to add to the shop this weekend, since so many people requested it. I’ll try and get some pics up of that soon.
Nikki said,
October 19, 2007 @ 10:43 pm
ooo, everything is so lovely!!! I must admit, I haven’t used a wrist distaff before but I’ll give it a try
I’m really excited about the orifice hook/ply checker!!
thank you, Allena!!
Lesley said,
October 20, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
I like wrist distaffs but haven’t used one quite like that. Mine are, a length of some sort of cord (sort-of in a figure eight like your beaded one) but mine have a weight at the bottom, nothing too heavy though. My favourite is a piece of resin that looks like amber. When I get the chance to spend more than ten minutes with the computer maybe I’ll even manage to update my blog with pics of mine.
Julie said,
October 20, 2007 @ 9:59 pm
What an awesome prize package! Congratulations Nikki!
Michelle said,
October 22, 2007 @ 8:04 pm
What IS a wrist distaff? I haven’t a clue. Is it something one only uses when spindle-spinning? It sure is pretty, though, as is everything else. Lucky Nikki!
Nicole said,
October 22, 2007 @ 9:16 pm
What a neat prize!
Gwen in Bowmanville said,
October 26, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
Pretty, pretty!
I wonder too, how one uses a wrist distaff. Come to think of it, I don’t have any experience at all with any kind of distaff. Maybe a that’s a good future article?
Cheers!
Em said,
October 26, 2007 @ 8:04 pm
Very nice prize! That orifice hook/ply checking tool is really neat!!
tracey in mi said,
October 27, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
pretty pretty- congrats!
Lesley said,
October 27, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
If you would like to see a wrist distaff all wrapped and ready for use you could pop over to my blog http://bonpurr.blogspot.com/ and if anyone has questions I’ll do my best to answer them :>)
Carrie said,
November 8, 2007 @ 1:23 am
Can you do that trick with any orifice hook or is this one special somehow?
Model Ryan said,
November 15, 2007 @ 4:07 am
Model Ryan…
I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….