Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Mach 1 Spinning Wheel

This is a comparison of the Mach 1's bobbin and the Ashford travellers bobbin. As you can see the ashford bobbin is smaller. Actually I can not always fit 4 oz of fiber on the ashford bobbin. It always depends on the thickness I am achieving. On the bobbin of the Mach 1 there is 3 oz already spun DK weight and you can tell we have a lot more that we can put on the bobbin!! My Husband Nate spinning on the Mach 1

Specifications of the Mach 1

Weight : 22 lbs.
Height: 32 inches
Width: 24 inches
Depth: 12 inches
Wheel Size: 20 inch
diameter 1.5 in thick
Number of Speeds: 4
Ratio: 1:3, 1:5, 1:10, and 1:15 (Approximately)
Material: Furniture grade Birch Plywood


close up of the Mach 1 bobbin
The Mach 1 has many improvements over current Spinning wheels available on the market. Some of the standard upgrades include:* Open Orifice – allows thread of any size to be spun.

* Easy bobbin removal – no more hassles to change bobbins.
* 4 Speed Spindle – work at your speed.
* 2 Toe Brakes – to stop the wheel easily.
* Multiple Bearings - for smooth and efficient operation.
* Heel rests – keeps the wheel in front of you, not across the room.
* Multiple rubber feet - for ultimate stability.
* Heavy duty construction – for years of dependable use.
* American made – what else can we say.



Close up of the top




Back of the wheel
Side view
Front view

Each Spindle or set has a set of 8 copper buttons that adjust the weight of each Spindle to the appropriate wieght for the thread being spun.
The Spindles weighs 1.0, 1.7, and 2.8 oz (Small, Medium, and Large)with the copper buttons weighing in at 0.225 oz each.
AT THE SIDEBAR (RIGHT TOP OF PAGE) YOU WILL SEE MY VIDEO'S THAT SHOW YOU THE MACH 1 IN WORKING ORDER. THEY ARE ALL FROM YOUTUBE.COM AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE NEWLY RELEASED MACH 1 SPINDLES!!! YOU WILL GET TO SEE THEM BOTH IN MOTION.
PLEASE CONTACT ME TO ORDER EITHER PRODUCT. MY HUSBAND, NATE AND I ARE DISTRIBUTORS OF THESE PRODUCTS. FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.






Sunday, December 28, 2008

Christmas

Dad Anderson's Arm Chair Caddy

Katie's Fingerless Gloves.



Rachel's Fingerless Gloves
This is Rachel and she LOVES her fingerless gloves!




Nate napping with Speckles our mini doxie. Isn't it so cute?? LOL
Mom Anderson with dad's arm chair caddy looking at it more and showing Marlis.
Showing dad better. He is very worn out by the radiation treatments. Mom is wearing her Wrap, fold, and tie vest I made her. She can wear it 3 different ways!
Katie. She is shy so this is the only pic we got of her.
Matt liking his ear warmer I made him.
Mom first putting her gift on.
Opening it up.
Jeanne looking at her Carmileta purse.
Carmileta Purse (Jeanne's)
Debra with her Bee Bopper Bag. Sorry for the goofy pic. Got her in mid sentence.
Dad and mom looking at Sheila's Carmileta purse.
Sheila opened to find the Carmileta Purse.
Carmileta Purse ( Sheila's)


Bee Bopper purse ( Debra's )

Hope you liked seeing all the gifts I made and our family!




















Sunday, December 21, 2008

Winter snow storm 12-20-08

Here is pictures from our storm yesterday. Now it was not done when I took these. We got about 6 to 7 inches in all. LOTS of SNOW!! It is supposed to snow again this week. Sun is out today but, the windchill is wicked so I'm inside knitting and fire going!

Here is Star and Speckles playing in the snow. These were right before they went inside. I got them hyper so I could get them playing! LOL~~ Otherwise Speckles wanted to go inside right away.

Star ready to pounce on Speckles! LOL



This was at the very very end. He was telling me it was time t warm up. His poor body was almost covered in the snow. LOL
Running for the door.
following me in the deepest area. LOL~~ He found out fast that foot prints were great!



digging in the snow.
running to go inside. LOL
running to me when called back out into the snow. Nate calls this one Flying Doggy as his ears are just a flapping. LOL

Star posing so pretty.

Speckles looking around
Speckles jumping around
Speckles says he's DONE with the snow.
look at how high the snow was on me! You can see it on the pants leg that is pulled down on my winter boots.

van covered in snow and Nate just the night before took it to the car wash! LOL~~
my foot while walking in the snow

Abby Rose teaching Dream a lesson on hogging attention. LOL
Abby Rose is smart and shook the snow off her!
Tori's face up close on how covered in snow she is.

Dream covered in snow.
Tori and Abby Rose
Dream
All 3 girls together as I walk down the hill to them.
Dream looking at all this and not quite sure what to think about it.
Hope you enjoyed ou snow storm!