My Spinning Wheel

 I want to introduce you to my Spinning Wheel. I got it February 2013. I have got to play with it for almost a year.  I love it!!  It is an Ashford Kiwi. I purchased it through The Woolery. They have great customer service.

 

It came with a lot of different pieces to put together.  I decided to stain my wheel with Mins Wax in a natural color.  I let that dry for a day the then my hubby helped me put it together.  I got a Jumbo flyer kit with my wheel and 2 pounds of wonderful fiber. 

 Assembled!!

This is my first attempt at spinning a 2 ply. It is 100% Alpaca. It was so soft and yummy!!

Spinning while watching TV. It is very nice after a long day to just unwind and spin away the day.

Falkland fiber.

  Here is the Alpaca washed. It fluffed up!

I really enjoy the feeling of slowing down and doing something my ancestors did centuries ago. It is a wonderful apocalyptic skill to have too!! (As my hubby points out, LOL). I can spin yard for everything to knitting socks, sweaters, rugs, and maybe the occasional gun slung or a rope to tie up zombies!!  Spinning is a wonderful stress reliever and I have a wonderful feeling of accomplishment when I am knitting with yarn that I have created with my own hand, made from sheep I watched get shorn. I hope everyone has something special in their lives that is fulfilling and enjoyable and fills you with life and passion!  

     I know that I have not posted in more than a year.  My life has been wonderful and full of living.  I have been enjoying my family, bowling, knitting and riding our motorcycle with the hubby.  I decided to post today because it is my 12 year anniversary of going on my IV medication, Flolan and then Veletri for my PH.  It has saved my life.  
     I had my Hickman central line placed on January 22, 2002. I started Flolan in the hospital at the  University Of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. I was admitted in the hospital for 5 days as my doctor increased the Flolan to a therapeutic dose.  It was the most frightening experience ever.  
    I was 23 years old, I had a 19 month old daughter and a boyfriend of a year.  I was told to get my affairs with my daughter and my life in order because my PH was so severe.  I was so sick that I was blue all the time, I couldn't walk around with out getting dizzy or passing out.  I felt like shit!  I felt like my time was short and I was depressed and cried a lot. 
    3 Months on Flolan and I could walk around a store. I lost 40 pounds because of the terrible diarrhea, a side effect of Flolan.  I didn't mind the side effects because I was getting my life back.  I started to look up and God was helping me get through it.  I could be a better mom to my baby and my boyfriend Joe asked my to marry him! 
   Sure it took a long time to get back to "normal". I started Revatio and Letairis over the past 5 years and switched to Veletri in 2009.  It has not been easy but it has been worth it.  I wouldn't change anything to see my beautiful daughter grow into a woman and to be supported and loved by the greatest man I know.  Over the years I have went through periods of depression and several central line infects that hospitalized me, but nothing keeps me down. I know God has great plans for me.  As long as we fight through the bad times and love and appreciate everything we go through whether it's good or bad,  we will see the wonderful life God has given us.  
    So here is to another 12 years, and more, with a tube in my chest as long as I can continue to breath easy, love hard and live each day to the fullest.