Spinning Soothes the Savage Beast

Did I mention that I got an old spinning wheel at an estate auction a few weeks ago? Here she sits in my living room:














It's old...Two hundred years-ish...and if we put a drive band on it, it would work.

In the meantime, I waiting for the new wheel to come and practicing with my drop spindle every day and knitting when I can and I'm so thankful for all of that because it is so soothing. Last week we had a death in the family and the funeral was Tuesday and still life goes on -- chores to be done, bills to be paid, a job to be handled...so, thank god for the things one finds soothing no matter what is going on.