a simple yarn

Perhaps it’s better said, ‘To have or not to have….that is the question.’

Alas, our time at the country lodge has come to an end and we return to our own little house in the city. We say good-bye to endlessly wide green spaces and hello again to overlooked gardens where hushed conversations are necessary, preventing neighbouring tongues from wagging. Sorry to go? Not really. A lovely place to visit but, you know, I like the wagging tongues and the little garden and the cozy house. Suits our family.

And so I toss an appreciative nod to the family-motto-engraved-plaque-on-the-wall…

Parma Domus, Magna Quies
Small House, Great PeaceLikewise, I reflect on my spinning experience also saying good-bye to Holly’s spinning wheel. Thoughts begin forming along the lines of ‘I need a wheel…gotta get a carder….what else should I have?’ So easy to accumulate. Much harder to de-accumulate. Necessary tools are good. But what is necessary?

Case in point….carding. Very nice drum carder on eBay. Reasonable price, so far, but a few days to go in the auction. Wouldn’t it be handy? Quite a nice tool….

The mental ‘push me-pull you’ begins. But, simplicity ultimately wins the day.

Realistically, unless I’m going into full-time spinning even a reasonably priced couple of hundred quid is too much. Thus, the downsized option, hand carders. Suits the budget. Suits the pace of my fibre production. Suits me.