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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
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I looked for Ashford book of Spinning. An odd experience that, I found
it it from $4 (bad condition) to $240 (that must come with the spinning
wheel, which is what the book is for). Thanks Farml.

Just because it is has "The Ashford" in the title, don't make the mistake
of
thinking that the info it contains is applicable only to the Ashford
wheels
or drop spindles. It's a good book as is the one on weaving.

Have you seen http://www.zombo.com/ ? Wait for the opening screen to
fade out.

What does it do? All I got was the "welcome to Zombo com" verbal message
and then 2 tiny options which, when I tried to select either of them,
just
resulted in a rerun of the verbal message.

I'm sure that the "Ashford book of Spinning" is a good book but it was
my impression that it was written with an Ashford spinning wheel in
mind.

Yes, I thought that was the impression you had gained which is why I posted
again to indicate that it is universally applicable.
Thanks, sometimes I'm not safe in public. I just wander away.

Ashford produce various weight spindles and wheels with Scotch tension,
Irish tension, double drive and electric spninners so that covers all the
bases a beginner would come across.
I can see that I'm going to need a Spinners/English dictionary.
The info in the book is applicable
across the board to all wheels and spindles (although I should say that I
don't know about wind wheels as I have no experience of them - but they have
neither the price tag or the availability to attract a beginning spinner
anyway).

As just one example, the book explains how to figure out drive ratios and
although it uses an Ashford wheel to illustrate (even though there is really
no need as anyone who buys an Ashford will either have the manufacturer's
info on what the drive ratios are or could go to the Ashford site to find
out there) you would use exactly that method to find out the ratios of an
antique or any modern wheel.

I have 2 wheels and only one of them is an Ashford, but it is still the best
book I have found for having all the info I need in an easily accessible
format and it was the one I chose to buy after borrowing a lot of spinning
books from the Spinners and Weavers Guild.

The book, paperback, used, averaged $30 - $40 and the local
library doesn't have a copy.

That's too much for a beginning spinner to spend. You don't know yet
whether you'll want to continue or not.
T'was my thought.

Does your library do inter-library loans at all?
That is a very good idea.
I've found that is a great
way of getting access to all sorts of books which are otherwise unattainable
and as a beginner I would advise reading lots of books as sometimes
instructions make no sense in one book but another way of saying the same
thing in another book can suddenly cause one of those 'Eureka' moments.

I looked into the price of an Ashford
spinning wheel and no web site would quote one. At that point I lost
interest.

Possibly as a result of the sub prime washup and they can't keep up with the
exchange rate until they get a firm order????? I'm not sure what the US
dollar is doing against the NZ dollar, but I notice that the exchange rate
for Oz and the US dollar is moving very much in or favour.
I'm thinking about visiting China to visit with my money. It would also
be like returning to my childhood in Orange County, where you could see
what your were breathing. The Euro has doubled in value since we got a
CEO president. Of course this will make the product that we manufacture
cheaper for other countries to buy, creating more jobs, ect., but we
don't manufacture anything anymore, except movies showing how good the
American way of life is.

It's been a long time since the "Ugly American", maybe it's time for the
pathetic American.

Is there a Spinning and Weaving Guild near you at all? They often hire out
wheels to beginners for extended periods so they can learn before they need
to buy.
I'll look.

If you stick with it, the "Spin Off" magazine produced by Interweave press
will become important to you for all sorts of reasons. Check it out at
newsagencies and if you don't see anything to attract your interest or cause
a flutter of excitement, don't even bother trying to learn to spin.

You can thank JoeSB for turning me on to zombo.com. Pretty neat site
isn't it?

No, or not from anything I've seen so far. The jingle is merely irritating
and the site seems to offer nothing but the jingle.

Well then, I think you've probably gotten all the amusement that you can
out of it. I'm going to blame it all on Joe, as soon as I can figure out
how;-)

I do appreciate your time and I'll let you know how I make out.

Thank you:-)
--

Billy

Impeach Pelosi, Bush & Cheney to the Hague
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/

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enigma wrote:

Billy wrote in

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I'm sure that the "Ashford book of Spinning" is a good book
but it was my impression that it was written with an
Ashford spinning wheel in mind. The book, paperback, used,
averaged $30 - $40 and the local library doesn't have a
copy. I looked into the price of an Ashford spinning wheel
and no web site would quote one. At that point I lost
interest.

Ashfords are expensive, but like all good tools, you get what
you pay for.
that said, my wheel is a Robin, built by some guy in Maine.

if you can't find the Ashford book, try looking for the Alden
Amos Big Book of Handspinning, Interweave Press 2001. mine
cost $40 new (at Borders)
http://www.interweave.com/spin/books/alden_amos.asp

You can thank JoeSB for turning me on to zombo.com. Pretty
neat site isn't it?

i let it try to load for 10 minutes & got really tired of the
"welcome to zombo.com. you have reached zombo.com. zombo.com.
welcome to zombo.com...."
so what does it *do*?
lee

Nothing;-)
--

Billy

Impeach Pelosi, Bush & Cheney to the Hague
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/

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enigma wrote:
so what does it *do*?

Nothing;-)

ah, i was confused because Fran mentioned buttons, & i didn't
see any.
the voice is actually quite nice, but the repetition gets
annoying.

lee nothing is perfectly fine
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

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that said, my wheel is a Robin, built by some guy in
Maine.

I had a look at their web site - nice looking wheels.
Which one do you have Lee?

um, none of those. i have one of his original wheels in
cherry faced plywood & the wheel is solid, not spoked.
i'd love one of those special edition maple wheels though...

Yes indeedy. I started drooling over one I saw there. :-))

But I don't NEED any more wheels.

"Billy" wrote in message
enigma wrote:

i let it try to load for 10 minutes & got really tired of the
"welcome to zombo.com. you have reached zombo.com. zombo.com.
welcome to zombo.com...."
so what does it *do*?
lee

Nothing;-)

Hmmmm. You gave rat girl a serve about wasting YOUR time, so you decided to
waste someone else's?????????????????????

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Billy wrote in
enigma wrote:
so what does it *do*?

Nothing;-)

ah, i was confused because Fran mentioned buttons, & i didn't
see any.

Lee, remember that I am not all that computer literate. If I mentioned
'buttons' it means tha bits you can move the cursor over and it looks like
you can click on them and go somewhere. That dumb site mentioned 'shirts'
(or somesuch).

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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

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that said, my wheel is a Robin, built by some guy in
Maine.

I had a look at their web site - nice looking wheels.
Which one do you have Lee?

um, none of those. i have one of his original wheels in
cherry faced plywood & the wheel is solid, not spoked.
i'd love one of those special edition maple wheels though...

Yes indeedy. I started drooling over one I saw there. :-))

But I don't NEED any more wheels.

What do you folks do with all these wheels ? Make stuff I assume but
who cares these days about hand woven. It is not in the malls.

Bill who would like hand made little feet warmers when and if we have
a new generation appear. Yellow and blue.

Wall hangings as an art form popped in.

--
Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Billy" wrote in message
enigma wrote:

i let it try to load for 10 minutes & got really tired of the
"welcome to zombo.com. you have reached zombo.com. zombo.com.
welcome to zombo.com...."
so what does it *do*?
lee

Nothing;-)

Hmmmm. You gave rat girl a serve about wasting YOUR time, so you decided to
waste someone else's?????????????????????

Now, now, don't get your underdaks in a twist and do somethin' I'll
regret. Joe should have never shown it to me.
--

Billy

Impeach Pelosi, Bush & Cheney to the Hague
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/

Any products that goes thru' tv and radio is always very believeable untill you try it.