One Crazy Fiber Lady

I’ll hope you’ll excuse my Wednesday post actually happening on Tuesday. ¬†In my book, it makes up for all the Sunday posts that didn’t hit until Monday. ¬†And once you see what I’m posting about, I’m sure you will understand why I’m a day early.

So I’ve been on a quest to acquire something for a decent amount of time. ¬†Far longer than the norm for me, almost a year at this point. ¬†The sore spot in all this time is that I used to own one but due to a self-imposed rule, I sold it. ¬† Didn’t take too terribly long to regret it either.

Well after some shooting in the dark, I managed to get one.  It arrived today.

Whatever could it be?

Any guesses?  Yes, it is bigger than a bread box and sorry, iPhone is not included for scale for a change.

Does this help? ¬†Odd looking protective material. ¬†Reminds me of fleece but in a synthetic. ¬†I wonder if it is spinnable. ¬†I’d try it if it weren’t ass-crylic and terribly squeaky

How about now?

Oooo pretty wood! ¬†I’ll give a hint, its cherry and that’s a leather strap draped across the top.

Oooo, its a box!

A box that opens with gorgeous book-matched cherry at that!

If it weren’t obvious by now, this will be the deal sealer:

Its a Journey Wheel!!!!!!

I know I’ve been pestering a certain blogger to sell her JW back to me, but that wasn’t happening. ¬†I put out several ISO’s on Ravelry and Yahoogroups to no avail. ¬†Finally after Rhinebeck, I was chatting with Dorre, who I knew was checking out various wheels. ¬†She mentioned that the one she really liked was in a box but couldn’t remember what wheel it was, nor which booth she saw it in. ¬†My brain made some weird mental leaps and had me sending an email to Susan’s Fiber Shop with a query as to whether Dorre had seen a JW in her booth at Rhinebeck. ¬†The answer came that that no, she didn’t have any in her booth, but she DID have one in her store for sale. ¬†I immediately jumped on the phone and arranged the purchase. ¬†While I had to wait for Susan to get back from SAFF, the wheel shipped on Thursday and arrived her today. ¬†So big thanks to Dorre and Susan!

I’m off to play…

Craft on!