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Of Wheels and Wools

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 16/09/2017 by Jonathan and Denise17/09/2017

Spinning Wheel car park. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South UistJonathan >

As Autumn shows its colours and the winds are from the cold north, our thoughts return to indoor work – of wheels and wools.

As the Hebridean Woolshed‘s Spinning Wheel Engineer in Residence, I love to find the time to feel my way around every piece of equipment, cleaning, adjusting, replacing, oiling. Bearings and bushes. Belts and bands. Cranks and connecting rods. Springs and screws. And of course there’s the wood – above all the wood.

Denise kept spinning full speed ahead, making good the empty pigeon-hole for Uist Landscapes – Atlantic, up the garden in the Hebridean Woolshed‘s garden shop. I got a spare wheel ready, and when she stopped for coffee and cake, I swapped wheels, transferring the work-in-progress bobbins, and adjusting the tensions of drive and brake bands to match those on the wheel I’d taken away.

Returning to work, Denise took great delight in detailing the many deficiencies of my tactical manoeuvres!

And now I must get back to work on my own line of ‘self-coloured’ (wool self-coloured by the sheep themselves!), handspun in marls and variegations.  There’s customers for whom these colours sum up their life-long love of all things woolly.

Taking stock, taking care. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Taking stock, taking care.
Economy cards - surplus to requirements. Sold on ebay. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Economy cards – surplus to requirements. Sold on ebay.
Spinning Wheel car park. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Spinning Wheel car park.
Jonathan's spinning wheel. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Jonathan’s spinning wheel.
Work in Progress - Uist Landscapes Atlantic. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Work in Progress – Uist Landscapes Atlantic.
Economy cards - surplus to requirements. Sold on ebay. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Economy cards – surplus to requirements. Sold on ebay.
Denise spinning Uist Landscapes - Atlantic. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Denise spinning Uist Landscapes – Atlantic.
Renewals to spinning wheel flyer. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Renewals to spinning wheel flyer.
Coffee & Cake time. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Coffee & Cake time

 

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