Certainly, a box like this is never a bad thing to come home to.

What’s that inside?

The replacement drive-wheel for my Little Gem II. And isn’t it a thing of beauty?

Andy at Majacraft had said that they felt (judging by my pictures) that the groove in my drive wheel was too shallow. Well, here’s the old one (on the right) and the new one (on the left).

What do you think?

Me? Yeah, I’d say the’s a bit of a difference, there!

Now, if you’ve been to Kim’s today, you’ll have seen that my spinning wheel is going to see/make lots of new friends at Risa’s tomorrow . . . which means I don’t have time to go to a hardware store to buy a 13mm wrench so that I can make the actual replacement . . . at least, not before going to Risa’s tomorrow, which means I’ll be bringing my completely-original Gem with me, not the new-improved version. But that’s okay–it’s a comfort to know that the under-study is ready and waiting in the wings

And, really, isn’t that wood grain just gorgeous? This wheel has such beautiful symmetry to it . . . even more than the original one. And, you know me, I LIKE things to look neat, even, and tidy.

So, let’s see . . . I’ve mentioned the NJ Spinning party going on at Risa’s tomorrow. I told you about my exciting new "wheel." It’s Friday (and about time, too). I even skipped out of work a little early today so I could stop at the grocery store to pick up makings for fruit salad . . . I mean, I had practically nothing to do this afternoon at the office anyway . . . summer Fridays are like ghost towns.

All I need to do is pack up my fiber, my extra bobbins, my wheel, toss together the fruit salad (protecting it from family members who would want to eat it themselves), and I’m all set to go to Risa’s.

Well, all that, and explaining to Chappy that he can’t come this time. All those spinning wheels? He’d be bored, right? (Right??) I’m sure I’ll be too busy and having too much fun to miss him, but still . . . you can imagine how guilty this face can make me!

Hey, did you see the fabulous tutorial Marnie put up about using Excel to modify sizes for pattern-design? And Ysolda posted a great chart of "standard" sizes. (I mean, whoever actually IS a standard size? But you know what I mean . . . and does it really matter that they’re British standards and I’m American??)

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