I finally completed the last step in finishing my wheel and assembled it this past week.  It’s an Ashford Kiwi.  I purchased it unfinished.  I painted the wheel, flyer, lazy kate base, niddy noddy, tension knob, and the kiwi on the treadle a shade of berryish-purple.  The painted surfaces were then covered with two coats of satin polyurethane.  The rest of the pieces I simply finished with three to four coats of satin polyurethane.  I’m really pleased with the way it came out.

I spent most of the day on Monday spinning some of the light brown corriedale top that came with my wheel. Here’s the outcome of that spinning, my first yarn.   It’s a 2-ply, about 9 WPI and 120 yards.  Depending on which WPI scale you use, it’s a very heavy worsted/aran weight yarn.  It’s just slightly lighter than a bulky.