I'm dealing with all this, now, with denial. Always works. Until the LAST POSSIBLE SECOND. Then I look up, and I'm over the freakin' falls in a barrel. Sumbitch. By the time you read this, I will be at work, stamping out lives and saving disease.
Oops. Doctor humor. Sorry.
I'm thoroughly stressed. What possessed me to rent a spinning wheel the week I'm going back to work? What gods laughed, and said I should try something, and look like an fool just before I'm supposed to go back to work and act like my Foot is normal? Until it becomes a foot, instead of a Foot, this all seems nuts to me.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Learn from my bad example: if you want to sniff yarn, DON'T try to spin it yourself.
I rented a Louet S 10 for a month. It's a looming presence in the family room, crouching there, pretending to possess no animus.
We'll see who wins.
It is NOT out to get you. Although I would suggest locking it in at night. Just to be safe and all.
Posted by: Cassie | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 07:00 AM
Does spinning hurt the foot? Or is it good therapy. I'm thinking this could be a good excuse. Must do PT now. I think I'll spin a while.
:)
Work? Bahhumbug. Who needs work to fulfill when we have knitting/spinning? Really.
Posted by: sandy | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 07:38 AM
Renting a wheel -- such shocking and admirable restraint for blogland! ;)
Posted by: Andrea | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 09:16 AM
Yes, really. Renting?? What self-control! I'm impressed.
Posted by: Deb | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 09:33 AM
my money's on you!
good idea to rent - let me know what you think of it. I think one of the enablers in MA had a Louet, and they really liked it. I never did find out if it was their first wheel.
my fingers are crossed you're having a good day back in the grind; I can't imagine going back into a working situation right now, but that's probably because I'm sick of thinking. :) I hope it's better then you thought it'd be, and your Foot is playing nicely with others.
Posted by: Kristen | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 10:21 AM
Um, dear? That actually looks pretty good, that yarn sample you are holding up.
And I don't know if they taught you this in medical school, but what you know about doctoring is in your Head and in your Heart, not in your Foot, or even your foot.
You'll be ok.
Posted by: Juno | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 10:53 AM
It's just not fair to have all the time you like to knit and spin (well a lot of time, anyway) and then have it ripped away by THE JOB. Take time when you get home to do nothing else but spin...you deserve it.
Posted by: Margene | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 11:02 AM
Good luck at work! You'll do fine.
You can rent wheels?? Oh my god, I am doomed. The spinning fairy is calling to me...
Posted by: Lorette | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 12:51 PM
looking and what you're holding there, my money is definitely on you. good luck with the back to work thing and I hope the Foot is the foot again shortly.
Posted by: Risa | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 02:18 PM
Keep at it. You'll get the hang of it. I had to ruin a good 8 ounces before I got something usable. The other stuff I would loosely call designer yarn. Yeah right.
Posted by: Rose | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 03:52 PM
Keep at it. You'll get the hang of it. I had to ruin a good 8 ounces before I got something usable. The other stuff I would loosely call designer yarn. Yeah right.
Posted by: Rose | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 04:00 PM
I second Juno's comment about what's in your Head and Heart, and yours are particularly strong and worthy...
You rented a wheel. Why oh why did you have to say that...
Posted by: Lee Ann | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 09:44 PM
Enjoy the wheel. Let me know if you want to test drive either of mine (Schacht and Joy Ashford). They're both very different from the Lendrum. Hope you survived the first day back at work and that it wasn't too awful.
Posted by: Rosemary | Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 10:38 PM
Work? I had today off :-) Stocked up on spinning supplies. Oops. Am considering hiring a different wheel from my spinners' guild, ty some out before I upgrade from the traddy I got in January....
Wheels are dangerous. Before you know it you have Too Much Handspun yarn sitting around saying KNIT me! (or as some of mine is now doing SELL me!)
Posted by: lynne s of oz | Friday, June 24, 2005 at 07:57 AM
Before I put my money down on either you or the wheel, what odds are you paying?
Posted by: claudia | Friday, June 24, 2005 at 11:26 AM
I learned on a Louet the first time I spun. It's a good all purpose wheel for spinning although the pull on the fiber can be strong. I love it for plying while I spin most of my singles on a Schacht or my Country Craftsman saxony wheel. I found though that I could spin very a very fine grist with the Louet when I took off the brake and crisscrossed my singles on the hooks on both sides to slow down the uptake. Hang it there...it's all worth it!!
Posted by: Cindy D | Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 06:44 PM