Look at the spinning wheel plate my friend, Lawrence, sent to me. I see it is a flax wheel as the distaff is dressed with prepared flax so it can be spun and woven into linen. The back of it says "Colonial Homestead by Royal circa 1750". Lawrence says it is transfer-ware, and he knows much more about ceramics than I do. It is beautiful and will inspire me as I spin. I finished spindle spinning and plying the rest of my Art Club Radish batt. I have over 4 oz of 16 to 20 wpi singles. I am considering making the Hydrangea scarf with this incredibly soft blend of superwash blue-faced leicester, merino and alpaca. Thank you to Lawrence for the darling plate.
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beautiful handspun. gorgeous plate! what a special friend your lawrence is!
Posted by: opal | April 16, 2009 at 04:55 AM
The plate is lovely & I love the colors of your handspun.
Posted by: Ann | April 16, 2009 at 09:29 PM
How thoughtful of Lawrence to give you that plate. And the spinning is beautiful, as always.
Posted by: textillian | April 18, 2009 at 01:02 PM
I love this pattern. I'm pretty certain I have a whole set of those dishes in the attic. Still packed away from moving to this house many years ago. They were my grandmother's dishes. If remembering correctly, each salad plate features a different item - spinning wheel, etc. Need to dig those out! But, of course, now I'm supposed to be packing up to move. Oh well. What a great find for you from your friend.
Posted by: Robin | April 19, 2009 at 01:36 PM