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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 22, 2014 13:11:05 GMT
This was posted to the felt list yesteday so it may be gone.
If anyone in the Chicago area wants one, I have a Laundry Alternative I think I used once and now I'm not felting at all and hardly knitting either, so it is yours if you can come pick it up. Trying to get some of this stuff out of the house!
Also, please email me if you know anyone in the area who would like a Norwood 40" loom (4 harness, 6 treadle, sectional warp beam, bench, and all accoutrements) that is in very good condition but has been sitting unused for 27 years! Also a barely touched Lendrum spinning wheel and all accoutrements that is 4 years old. I'd like $450 for the Lendrum (comparable $700-$900 value) and $400 for the Norwood (comparable value $1000-$2000 or so).
NO SHIPPING...PICK-UP ONLY
Thanks,
Susan Swartz
Sent from my iPad
beadmomsw@gmail.com
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 22, 2014 13:31:05 GMT
What is a laundry alternative?
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Post by lyn on Mar 22, 2014 16:05:15 GMT
A spin dryer.
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 22, 2014 18:15:55 GMT
Thanks Lyn. That's what I thought. I just never heard the term. I use a salad spinner and that works just fine for what I'm doing now.
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 22, 2014 20:52:04 GMT
I love mine for bigger peices or when I do a whole bunch of thing s in the same day. Lyn I here they are more common in Europe. Min is an old one I got second hand. The lady said she had used it for years and brought it from Germany when her MIL died. It is heavy. It would make a good match to an old white enameled wringer washer.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Mar 22, 2014 22:49:23 GMT
Ann, thanks for sharing the post, but at this stage, the spin dryer does not make sense for me.
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Post by lyn on Mar 22, 2014 22:51:59 GMT
Ann - now that front loading washing machines are very popular in the UK, the old spin dryer is not so common. Shame because it's a great little machine. If you want to run the spin cycle in a front loader it's time consuming (mine takes 20 mins - ridiculous!) but a good old spin dryer gets the job done in a couple of minutes (or less).
I know I'm old fashioned, but I miss my old twin-tub. However, I sometimes forgot to hook the emptying hose into the sink and the floor got washed at the same time as the clothes!
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Post by jufergu on Mar 23, 2014 10:51:33 GMT
Been there, Done that. I am an old timer from the wringer washer days. And yes, I have caught my fingers in the wringer. That is the true test of an old timer. If you haven't caught your fingers in a wringer, you do not qualify as an old timer.
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Post by zed on Mar 23, 2014 12:16:54 GMT
I've still got a spinner I got from my gran, it was brill. About 900RPM, which is what my last machine was! It wobbles, rattles and the wires look a bit dodgy so I haven't used it for a while. I'd deffo use it for spinning felt if I trusted the wires more.
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 23, 2014 16:10:05 GMT
Judy, my mom had one and I remember being relieved when we talked her into a new one. My MIL lost a finger to one as a young girl.
Zed, I don't blame you. Can your son take a look at the wires or maybe one of his handy friends?
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Post by zed on Mar 24, 2014 11:06:41 GMT
It's from before our wiring system changed, Marilyn  Just a black and red wire, not brown, blue and earth, so I'd probably have to get a professional onto it. |
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 24, 2014 15:00:20 GMT
That's too bad. I have a big old time radio that's just sitting in the basement. It needs new wiring and refurbishing. I don't want to get rid of it because it was my grandmothers and it holds special girlhood memories for me. I just haven't gotten around to having someone look at it. Even if I don't fix the wiring, I'd like to be able to display it. Too bad there wasn't someone like Myk in your area that would take pleasure in restoring it.
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