I'm slowly getting back into the fiber swing. I am in desperate need of organizing and tidying up my fiber - the chaos, although nice fiber, is starting to get to me! I really need to be working on my sample for a knitting techniques class but I haven't started on it yet (sorry, Michelle!).
I have infused myself with color this week - I got Three Little Fish sock blockers (they match my goldfish orifice hook from Margene). They have scroll work to help speed along the drying process for the socks, and even have a snail friend inching along the bottom!
And then, because my co-workers are younger than
I and having babies, I got some teal painted superwash worsted weight wool for a Babies and Bears sweater for one of them. The light in late New England afternoon didn't do justice to the colors - trust me, Jessie did a great job on the colorway!
And my last infusion of color this week is from Yarn Wench - 
5.6 oz of domestic wool dyed in "Carnation" just in time for Valentine's Day colors! I need to start setting aside Tuesdays for spinning a la Harlot - time slips by me, and I realize it has been far too long since I got into the Zen of my wheel!
Does anyone have any suggestions for a source of small scale chairs? I want a chair with a back on it for spinning. My problem is that I am short (5' 2"), and I have to sit way forward on most chairs in order to have my feet touch the ground or the treadles. So, I am seeking a short person chair for spinning..... open for suggestions!
Wow, I'm late leaving a comment about a chair, but I find the most comfortable chair for any activity is an adjustable office chair. I always take off the arms - they just get in the way. Buy one that allows you to adjust the tilt of the seat - you want your knees slightly lower than your hips while spinning.
Posted by: Sande Francis | Monday, February 12, 2007 at 12:06
Get a really high wooden bar chair and cut the legs off to the height you need them to be. Sand the cut and glue a bit of felted wool on the ends of the legs. It will spin, and be low enough for you.
Posted by: Dorothy B | Sunday, February 04, 2007 at 15:56
I think that if you got an office chair that you could try out before you buy you could find one that is the correct height for you that would allow you to spin and it would have a back. I know that all of the office supply stores have large selections of them that you can try before you buy. Don't look at the executive styles but at the ones for the assistants.
I am short as well, and a chair that is the right height is a really really good thing.
Posted by: Lynda Hitt | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:22
Most kids chairs are just too small. I'm only an inch or so taller than you (I tell people I'm 5'4" but that's stretching it shhhh) and I use a folding chair. If you can hit one of the indoor flea markets, old chairs were made smaller than today's chairs.
I have a desire to carry a good spinner's seat so I'll keep my eyes pealed and maybe I'll talk to a few companies. Are you going to SPA? If I remember right, someone last year had spinner's seats, I think it was Merlin Tree.
Posted by: Amy Boogie | Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 08:54
Perhaps a student's chair? Sometimes school districts sell off old style classroom supplies at awesome prices.
Posted by: Marlene | Friday, January 26, 2007 at 13:19
I'm also looking for the same thing as well - I'm short and right now I'm using an office chair with armrests and these armrests really get in the way.
Posted by: Lola LB | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 19:27